Record ID: WMID-1E3407
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy pin with zoomorphic terminal dating from the Early Medieval period, circa AD 700-800. The pin is complete, with a long tapering shaft with a pierced terminal, possibly in the form of a boar or bear with a rounded ear and long pointed snout. The head is flat and shows the animal in profile. The head is tilted back slightly with one of the upper corners containing the ear and the opposing corner with the snout. Next to the ear is a circular indentation to represent the eye. A closed mouth is represented in the form of a rounded lower mouth and indention above. The head…
Created on: Friday 19th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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