Record ID: SF-5997AE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of Roman to Early-Medieval date. Only the head and a fragment of the shaft survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. The head is a flattened biconical shape. Separated in the centre by a circumferential groove. Both faces are undecorated. At the base of the head is an integrally cast shaft. This is cylindrical in form before terminating in old breaks. This pin measures 10.60mm in length, 9.15mm in diameter at the head, 1.58mm in diameter at the shaft, 1.96g in weight. There is a similar Roman example published …
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.