Record ID: SF5111
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Heads from two glass pins, both identical; slightly flattened spheres 9 mm diameter. Each has a small stub of shaft making them 9 mm long. Each one weighs 1.86g. The glass is translucent and pale green with a tiny hint of blue. Three complete glass pins with globular heads and twisted shafts were found in a fourth-century grave at Colchester (Crummy 1983, nos. 461-3, fig. 25).
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.