Record ID: ESS-99808E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin of Roman date (c.250-410). Description: The pin has a globular head with damage to the apex making it now appear conical, and circular-sectioned shaft, 27mm of which survives. Between the shaft and the head is a flattened circular-section bead and spool, possibly hexagonal in section. The pin has medium green and grey green patina.  Measurements: length 39.24mm; shaft diameter: 3.0mm; head diameter: 5.25mm; weight: 2.20g Discussion: Similar pins are illustrated in (Crummy 1983, Fig 27, no. 471 and …
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-234CF0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin (Cool Group 1) of probable Roman date (c.43-410). Description: The pin remains as the flattened spherical head and base of the shank, now very worn. The pin has dark green patina.  Measurements: diameter: 7.3mm; height: 7.5mm; weight: 1.34g
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-C1AA38
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy pin (Cool Group 1) of Roman date, (c.AD 43 - 410). Description: The object has globular head with a shallower bevel to the lower hemisphere where it narrows to form a tapering circular sectioned shaft. The object is undecorated and it has a pale green patina. Measurements: Length: 16.3mm; Diameter (of the head): 6.4mm; Diameter (of the shaft): 2.1mm; Weight: 1.10g.
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-BFD1CE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin (Cool Group 1) of probable Roman date (c.43-410). Description: The pin remains as the flattened spherical head and base of the shank, now very worn to a point. The pin has a medium brown and green patchy patina.  Measurements: diameter: 7mm; height: 7.2mm; weight: 1.17g
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-7F6996
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin (Cool Group 1) of Roman date (c.43-410). Description: The pin remains as the flattened spherical head and base of the circular-sectioned shank set off-centre on the underside of the head. Around the shank, on the underside of the head are file marks encircling it. The head has a flattened area on the side. The pin hasd a medium brown, glossy patina.  Measurements: diameter: 13mm; height: 11.2mm; weight: 5.74g
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: BH-09F9C0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A silver pin of Roman or Early Medieval date, c. AD 43-850. The head comprises a flat globular sphere with no collar below. Extending from the base is a circular-sectioned shaft that gradually tapers to a rounded point. None of the surfaces are decorated. Measurements: Length: 24.7mm; head diameter: 6.1mm; shaft diameter: 2.4mm; weight: 1.85 grams. Discussion: The form of the pin broadly resembles types of both the Roman and the Anglo-Saxon (8th-9th centuries) periods. Such pins usually feature globular or ball-shaped heads, with c…
Created on: Friday 25th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: SF-C86ADA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman pin dating to the period circa 50-150 AD. The head is spherical, set above a collar. The collar is followed by a constricted panel, underneath which a second collar sits before a thick knop forms. A final collar sits underneath the knop. From this projects a narrow, circular stem which tapers gently into a now blunted point. The stem is distorted and bent out of shape. It has a dark green patina. Its style is consistent with Cool's Group 8 'multiple hemisphere and cordon heads' group (1990: 160). It parallels Crummy's Type 2 (1983: pg. 29, no. 472) …
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Belchamp St Paul', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BF19B4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy pin, likely a hair pin, possibly dating to the Roman period c. AD 43-400. Much of the pin is missing, with only the head and a small section of the shaft now remain. The head is formed of a hemishperical terminal. A cylindrical shaft is attached below. The shaft is now broken and extends approx 12.2mm. Dimensions: weight: 1.39g, diameter of head: 7.2mm, height: 17.8mm
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
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Record ID: ESS-185BB6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy pin of Roman date (c. AD 43-410). The pin is composed of the remains of a head (possibly globular). The base of this head is still visible and appears to have been circular in section. It is approx. 4.1mm in diameter. Below the break are three evenly spaced circumferential ridges. The diameter of these ridges is 6.9mm. Immediately below this is the shaft, which is six-sided closest to the ridges, but tapers downwards in thickness, where the edges also become softer, before becoming cylindrical at the terminal point. It is not known if this terminal is the original …
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 1st August 2019
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Record ID: SF-86CDA7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy pin or bracelet of probable Roman date. The terminal is an elongated conical shape and is decorated with approx. 12 ribs. Extending from the inner end of this is a section of circular cross-sectioned stem/hoop terminating in an abrupt break. There is a slight longitudinal groove/seam running the full length of one side. The narrow stem suggests that the object may be part of a pin or Roman or possibly early medieval date, although no precise parallels have been found for this function. Alternatively it may be part of a late Roman penannular bracelet. Se…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beaumont-cum-Moze', grid reference and parish protected.