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PIN
Unique ID: LEIC-01B461
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman ? copper alloy pin head, 48mm long and 8mm wide at the head. The pin has a shaft 2-3mm in diameter which widens sharply into a cone shaped head, 4mm high and 8mm in diameter. The cone is decorated with a series of incised lines which radiate from its tip to a horizontal raised band which forms the base of the cone. The pin has bent near the end of the shaft but is otherwise in good condition with a brown patina.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 1
Date to: AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Width: 8 mm
Weight: 2.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th August 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 1254
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Frisby on the Wreake (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7116
Four figure Latitude: 52.73698059
Four figure longitude: -0.94987459
1:25K map: SK7116
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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