Record ID: SUR-A93C7C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early post-medieval (circa 16th century) decorated silver-gilt pin. The pinhead is spherical, 7mm in diameter, with a worn circumferential rib separating the upper and lower hemispheres. Each hemisphere is decorated with three filigree circles, each containing a pellet soldered onto a filigree annulet in the centre. Additional small filigree-mounted pellets are placed between each pair of circles with another placed at the apex of the pin head. At the base of the pin head is a projecting circular loop of 3.5mm, set in line with the shank; this presumably would have allowed t…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-F61BD0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
 An incomplete middle Anglo-Saxon silver pin dating from AD 700 - 900. The head is globular (often called "balloon shaped"), but formed of eight gently curved vertical panels, thus making it octagonal in cross-section. The head is 8.45mm in diameter and has a small collar at the base, from which the circular-sectioned shaft emerges. The shaft is bent and broken 28mm from the base of the collar. Dimensions: Diameter of head 8.45mm. Length 38.3mm. Weight 4.1g. Discussion and Date: This pin form is well known from middle Anglo-Saxon contexts, but is far more com…
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-77D855
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gilded silver ball-headed pin of early post-medieval date. The head is spherical and decorated with filigree circles and pellets. There is a twisted wire around the circumference, probably two-ply, with three circles of finer twisted wire above and three below. Each circle has three smaller annulets of similarly fine twisted wire within, with a pellet in the centre between the three annulets. In the triangular spandrels between the larger circles are firstly two larger pellets, one above the other, each tightly surrounded with a ring of twisted wire; and secondl…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-146EC8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2023 T398 Description:   A complete silver annular brooch pin dating to the Medieval period, c. AD 1200-1400. The pin consists of a sub-oval sectioned shaft tapering into a rounded point at one end. Just preceding the point on both broad faces are transverse concave depression forming rests for the frame of the brooch. An expanded collar, featuring pellets on the broad faces, is present at the junction between the loop and the shaft. The complete loop extends out above the collar, wrapping around to form a loop just above the collar.  Dimensi…
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: SUR-77C554
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early Post-Medieval (circa 16th century) decorated silver-gilt pin. The pinhead is spherical, 9.8mm in diameter, with a circumferential rib separating the upper and lower hemispheres. Each hemisphere is decorated with three filigree circles, each containing a triad of filigree annulets with pellet a soldered onto the centre. Additional small filigree-mounted pellets are placed between each pair of these circles and another is placed at the apex of the pin head. The shank of the pin is 1.9mm thick, circular in section and has been sharply bent, possibly intentionally.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-4BF0EF
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and bent composite silver pin, possibly an Irish ring headed type dating c. AD 950-1050. The shank and head of the pin survives with the ring missing. The globular head has flattened sides each containing a circular recess or socket 0.81mm in diameter. The head measures 4.26mm high, 3.97mm wide and 3.01mm thick. The shank appears to be inserted into the head of the pin rather than integral and has a circular section. The shank terminates in a sharp point. The shank is bent in two places where the metal surface has laminated at the external edge of the bend…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sullington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2C544F
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Medieval cast silver-gilt pin dating from about AD 1300 - 1400. The pin has a globular, solid, plain head and appears to have been cast in one piece. Beneath the head the shaft is circular in cross-section and it has a grooved line collar near the head. The end of the shaft tapers to a break. The surfaces are uneven and the gilding is very faint. There is an area of damage on the side of the head. The pin is 24.4mm long, 6.4mm diameter (head) and 1.9mm diameter (shank). 1.6g. Similar pins have been recorded as Treasure previously including IOW-496B01 (201…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-C762D6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2022 T925. Description:  An incomplete silver annular brooch pin of Medieval date, c.AD 1200-1400. The shaft of the pin is triangular in plan and ovate in cross-section. The terminal of the pin tapers to a flattened end where it would have rested on the brooch frame proper. An expanded rectangular collar is present at the junction between the shaft and what remains of the loop. Only a small part of the loop remains, with both sides ending in a blunt breaks. Dimensions: Length: 32.6mm; Width: 5.4mm; Thickness: 3.4mm; Weight: 1.4g. Discussion: Numerous pin…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2022
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2023
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Record ID: NARC-CF5DBC
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver gilt Pin of Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1600). The object is a decorated silver-gilt pin with applied (soldered) filigree decoration to the head. The head is spherical with a circumferential double rib separating the upper and lower hemispheres. The ribs have repeating short, incised, transverse lines covering them. Each hemisphere is decorated with five domed bosses with an upper and lower pellet between, and a ring surrounding each domed aspect. There is a pellet at the apex of the head with four raised rings surrounding.  From the base of the lower hemisp…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-7028DB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a gilded silver Middle Saxon pin head. Flat and originally circular, around  half survives; the breaks are patinated but not very worn. A small rectangular tab, the same thickness as the rest of the head, projects from the side and in the centre of this another rectangular-section projection emerges and is quickly broken; this is the remains of the shaft. The front of the pin head is decorated in low relief with a cross made up of a narrow reserved undecorated strip, extending to a circular ridged border. Oddly, the cross arm that lead…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Record ID: ESS-CE91E9
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver gilt ball-headed pin of early post-medieval date (c.1500-1600). Description: The head is spherical and composed of two hemispheres joined by a raised medial band. The band is composed of two separate bands soldered together. Each hemisphere is decorated with three applied domed bossed surrounded by applied corded filigree wire. In between these are small applied pellets also surrounded by filigree wire. The fields between the bosses and pellets are otherwise plain. The pin shaft which projects from the centre of the lower hemisphere i…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C4EAC0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver polyhedral pinhead of uncertain date, Early Medieval to Medieval, AD 750 - 1300. The pin head is a cube with the corners cut off and each of the four main faces is decorated with an incised border containing an incised cross saltire leaving a quatrefoil design in relief. This design also appears on the top face of the cube, but is untidy, with the lines of the cross extending beyond the border. One one face, there are traces of a silvery material filling the incised lines, probably niello. The shank is circular in section, solid and broken after just 3mm. There is a sligh…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-1A58C6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early Post-Medieval (circa 16th century) decorated silver-gilt pin with applied (soldered) filligree decoration to the head, which is spherical and 9.6mm in diameter. The head has a circumferential rib separating the upper and lower hemispheres. Each hemisphere is decorated with three filigree circles, each containing a pellet mounted on a small filigree annulet. Additional small filigree-mounted pellets are placed between each pair of these circles. Another pellet is placed at the apex of the pin head. The shank of the pin is 2.0mm thick, circular in section …
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: BM-8D43E1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Large silver gilt ball-headed pin (approx. diameter 20mm), decorated with four S-shaped double spirals set between four prominent bosses, with a further boss on the top of the pin. Each boss or setting has around it spiral filigree wire between further strands of spiral wire with spiral running in the other direction. Three of the four bosses around the side retain a flat cut disc of ?garnet or red glass in their setting. The boss on the top of the pin retains a damaged clear glass pellet or rock crystal cabochon.  The short collar of the pin springs from within a small boss compr…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
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Record ID: BM-8CCEC6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The pin shaft is broken off, probably where it was originally bent. The shaft is connected to the head by a simple ring collar. The head of the pin is a plain faceted cube head.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deerhurst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-DACC03
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver polyhedral headed pin of early Medieval date. The pin is 39.4mm in length, with a polyhedral head 7.2mm wide, with twelve facets, with large lozengiform facets surrounded by small triangular facets. There is no apparent decoration to the head. The junction with the shaft has a small collar; the shaft itself has a circular cross section 1.8mm in diameter and ends in a break 29.6mm from the head. Length: 39.4mm; Width: 7.2mm; Weight: 4.43g.
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-41CE7E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A head of an early Post-Medieval (circa 16th century) decorated silver-gilt pin. The pinhead is spherical, 13.9mm in diameter, with a circumferential rib of twisted wire filigree separating the upper and lower hemispheres. Each hemisphere is decorated with a circle of five bosses surrounded by twisted wire filigree circles with pellets between; there is another boss at the apex. At the junction with the shaft is a small soldered silver wire loop for attachment to a chain or cord. The remaining stump of the shaft has circular cross section and ends in an old break.
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 28th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CE1C82
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver pin of uncertain (Roman or early-medieval) date. It has a biconical head and a plain shaft of circular cross-section, which has been bent in two places. The shaft is probably incomplete; the tip is blunt and worn but has a slight curve, suggesting that it broke at another bend. Both parts have a uniform dull grey patina. Some of the outer surface has been cracked and lost at the bends, exposing a rougher surface of the same colour underneath. This stress to the metal may suggest that the bends are post-depositional, whereas the break at the tip appears ancient. …
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2021
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
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Record ID: DUR-12C52A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver ‘Linked Pin’ dating to the early medieval period (c.AD550-700). The pin has a flatten subcircular head (7.02mm diameter) with off-centre perforation (3.18mm diameter). It is decorated with four (possibly five) punched dots just below the perforation on both sides of the pin head, and there are three (partially worn) circumferential grooves at the collar. The shank is even but damaged and broken at the tip, bending to give the impression of a hook. Dimensions: 33.9mm long, 2.47mm shaft diameter, 1.6g weight. Discussion: This form o…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clervaux Trust', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-9E4414
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete, gilded silver decorated pin of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500-1600). The object consists only of the head of the pin, which is composed of a semi-hemispherical upper part with a circumferential rib separating it from the inverted cone shaped lower part. The upper hemisphere is decorated with three filigree circles, enclosing four smaller circles in the shape of a clover, around a central knop. Another, larger knop is at the top of the head, where the three larger circles meet. Additional pellets are placed between each of the three larger knops (two…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Osyth', grid reference and parish protected.