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Record ID: PUBLIC-0ABD04
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy biconical pin with a flat top, possibly Early Medieval in date. The head is 8.2mm in diameter and has a small collar and short length of the pin remains. The pin tapers fom the collar to a mimimum diameter of 2.8mm. The pin is bent towards the broken end which likely occured when the pin fractured in antiquity. The surface has an uneven green patina with powdery corrosion. For a similar example see: YORYM-C495A2.
Collared pins occur from the Roman period into the medieval period and dating is difficult, a similar example can be found in Mainman and Rogers, 2000,…
Created on: Saturday 7th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-E906F4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, cast copper-alloy pin, probably dating to the Middle Anglo-Saxon period (AD 700 to 900). The pin has a biconical or globular head and is undecorated. There is a small circumferential collar which measures 2.3mm in diameter at the junction between head and stem . The incomplete stem is circular in cross section and is slightly bent. The break has occurred in antiquity. Existing metal work is in good condition, and measures 21.7mm in length, diameter of head 7.9mm, and weight 2.5g.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.
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