Record ID: LEIC-9BE504
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy hairpin, 55mm long and 5mm in diameter. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 5.06grams. The pin tapers gently from a sharp point, which is 1mm in diameter, to its shoulder where it has a semi-circular recess, above which is a sub shperical knop with a pointed terminal.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-9E74D4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post medieval copper alloy, gold and silver pin head, 8mm in diameter. The object is in poor condition with a brown patina and weighs 0.70grams. The object is spherical with a slightly flat plain area. It is quite badly worn and has traces of both silver and gold on its surface which appears to form a pattern. The object is probably Medieval or later in date, but is difficult to be certain due to the damage.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-684AB7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman? copper alloy pin, 49mm long and 3mm in diameter at head. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 3.60 grams. The pin has a circular sectioned shaft which is bent in two places and is missing its tip. It has an integral head which is oval in form and circular in section.
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2007
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-53EEC7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman? copper alloy hair pin, 58mm long, 4mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 4.54 grams. The object is circular in section and of uniform width. It is incomplete and is bent near its current end. The terminal is decorated with an ovoid end which sits above a rectangular sectioned area, about 15mm in length, which bulges slightly at its centre. below this the object is decorated with three incised horizontal lines and below this it changes from a rectangular to a circular section.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-A879F0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy pin fragment 11mm long, 6mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 0.97grams. The object consists of a spherical knop sitting above a circular collar on a tapering circular shaft. The object is the terminal of a Roman hairpin.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Saturday 12th September 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-F786E3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy pin, 27mm long and 7mm in diameter at the head. The object is in fair condition and weighs 1.46 grams. The object consists of the upper part of a pin with a polyhedral head decorated with ring and dot motifs (one per face).
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th August 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-1CB9F8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman? copper alloy pin head 12mm long and 6mm in diameter. the object is in fair condition and weighs 1.03grams. The object consists of a spherical head with a slight collar below and a tapering shaft.
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-709A97
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy pin, 38mm long, 15mm wide and 3.5mm thick. It is in fair condition with a weight of 4.09grams. The object consists of a plate of metal which has been rolled to form a circular sectioned shaft. At the top of the shaft the metal has been split into two strips which have been rolled to form two spirals. These then meet creating a 'love heart' shaped terminal with a void below the spirals. Pins like this are rare. Helen Geake has identified this as a Ross type LXVI. These do not begin before the seventh century. They continue into the late Anglo-Saxon period…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E137B1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman? copper alloy pin head, 19mm long, and 10mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.87grams. The object consists of a plain spherical head with a thin circular sectioned shaft emerging from it.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5688F8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy pin head, 28mm long, and 7mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 1.85grams. The head is sub-circular in form with many facets, arranged so when viewed from any side there is a central flat lozenge with four facets sloping away. Each facet is decorated with an incised dot and circle. The shaft is circular in section and is 3mm in diameter at its top tapering in width slightly. The object is similar to YORYM-0AA508 and LIN-20FDEB
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-5DAC38
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman or early medieval copper alloy pinhead, 9mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 3.56 grams. The object is circular and is decorated with a series of round flat areas which give it a facetted appearance.
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-225D13
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman? copper alloy pin head?, measures 18mm long, 12mm wide, 2mm thick and weighs 0.43 grams. The object consists of a flat oval head, with no sign of decoration and a snapped circular sectioned shaft. It is possibly a Roman hair pin?
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-34E003
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy pin head, 26mm long and 4mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 1.48grams. The object has a rectangular sectioned head which consists of a rectangle base with a sub rectangular protrusion above it. This terminates with a shallow pyramid with a circular knop at its pinnacle. It has a circular sectioned shaft, 2mm in diameter, below this.The pin is bent and has snapped off cleanly.
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-EF47B7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch pin, 50mm long, 13mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is in a fair but worn condition and weighs 5.24grams. It is circular in section witha rectangular protrusion below the start of the incomplete loop.
Created on: Wednesday 21st April 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-A73CB1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or early Medieval copper alloy pin head, 9mm in diameter and 8mm high. The object is in a fair condition with a brown/black patina and weighs 3.50 grams. The pin head is sub triangular in form and has four faces which contain a circular depression. It has a flat underside with rounded edges and some sort of concretion is covering it.
Created on: Friday 15th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-A75BB1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or early Medieval copper alloy pin head, 8.5mm in diameter. The object is in a fair condition with a brown/black patina and weighs 3.55 grams. The pinhead is circular in form and has at least four flattened circular areas and one smaller circular depression which may have held the pin.
Created on: Friday 15th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-DEC350
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bird shaped object, possibly the head of a pin which is 32mm long, 13mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 7.18 grams. It consists of a three-dimensional stylised representation of a bird which has a hollow circular protrusion, 5mm in diameter, on its underside. The body is lozenge shaped in plan and sub oval in section. At its rear it tapers inwards before tapering out to form a trapezoidal tail which has three triangular incisions down each side. These incisions carry on along each side of the body, stopping at the wi…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-E02136
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or Medieval copper alloy pin head? 9mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition with a blackish patina and a weight of 3.25 grams. The object is basically a sphere which has four circular areas cut away and a flat bottom.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-E03542
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or Medieval copper alloy pin head? 9mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition with a greyish patina and a weight of 3.41 grams. The object is a sphere which has four circular areas cut away and a flat bottom.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-E34324
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy pin, 43mm long and 2mm in diameter (shaft). The object is in good condition with a dark green patina and weighs 2.53 grams. It has a head made up of rectangular, triangular and hexagonal surfaces, all of which have been roughly executed. Where this joins the shaft there is a roughly made collar. The whole of the surface has a series of file marks running diagonally along it. The shaft is circular and has broken off cleanly.
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thrussington', grid reference and parish protected.