Record ID: NMS-3ADD02
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and top of the shank of a Roman pin. The head is a flattened hemisphere. The shank is circular in cross-section with a tapering diameter from the top to the break. The break is worn. Much of the head and some of the shaft have lost their original surfaces. That which remains is patinated brown. Elsewhere the exposed underlying surface is patinated pale greyish green. 1st to early 5th century A.D. Diameter of head: 10.0mm. Diameter of shaft at top: 4.5mm. Total length: 12.6mm. Weight: 2.8g
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-7E1C2E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head of a probable Roman copper-alloy pin and a very short stub of the shaft. The head is globular, slightly flattened on the underside. The remnant of the shaft is circular in cross-section. It is thick at its junction with the head and begins to taper before the break, which is not recent. There are no decorative markings. The metal is patinated pale green. Mid-1st to early 5th century. Diameter (head): 9.5mm, (shaft, immediately beneath head): 6.6mm, (shaft, at break): 4.5mm. Length: 11.0mm. Weight: 2.7g  
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-ED1EB5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Apparently complete Roman copper-alloy pin. It has a globular head, which is flattened on the underside, and a tapering shaft, somewhere between square and circular in cross-section. It terminates in a blunt point. Very similar to Crummy (1983) No. 2995. Crummy believes that object such as these are ‘almost certainly from furniture upholstery’ (ibid, p115). Mid-1st to early 5th century. Length: 38.4mm. Diameter (head): 10.3mm, (shaft, immediately under head): 5.3mm. Weight: 6.1g  
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 6th October 2022
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Record ID: DENO-2DD53D
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring-headed pin of uncertain date. The pin's head is formed from a loop of the sub-circular sectioned wire which forms the shank. The gap between the end of the loop and the neck is closed with some grey material, possibly degraded solder. There are incised chevron decorations on the surface of the loop just before the closure point, between incised lines forming collars. The neck and shank have a kink and bend; this form somewhat resembles swan-necked pins of early iron age date, however it is not possible to determine if this bending is accidental and pos…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Saturday 19th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CCC8BA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bent, but complete copper-alloy probably Roman pin. Circular hemispherical head curving more tightly at its equator. The first section of the shaft is parallel sided and then swells outwards in the middle section, before tapering gradually back down to a final point. The shaft has a circular cross-section throughout its length. The shape of the head is more Roman than Anglo-Saxon, and the lack of a collar reinforces a likely Roman date. See IOW-313B52 and NMS-53EC44. The dark brown patinated surface is breaking broken down to a light green more powdery surface beneath. C…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-14D700
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy pin, probably of Roman date. Apparently complete but heavily corroded and bent. It is roughly oval in cross-section, thickest at the head and tapering gradually to a sharp point at the opposite end. There is a faint hint of one, two or three, parallel circumferential grooves at the head, although these are far from certain. The bend is of 90 to 100 degrees and occurs at just over one fifth of the distance from the point to the head. Mid-1st to early 5th century. Length (estimated, unbent): 61mm. Width: 3.8mm. Thickness: 3.7mm. Weight: 1.6g  
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-987C7B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy and iron object, probably a Roman pin. It consists of a near-spherical grey-green copper-alloy head, 10.5mm in diameter and slightly flattened, with an area of iron corrosion projecting from one side which could be the remains of an iron shaft. On the opposite side is a flattened circular patch of iron, c. 4mm in diameter, apparently the other end of the shaft as it passes through the head. This brings the maximum length to 10.8mm. It weighs 4.3g. Compare NMS-984F14.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-984F14
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy and iron object, probably a Roman pin. It consists of a grey-green spherical copper-alloy head, 8.1mm in diameter, with an area of iron corrosion projecting from one side which could be the remains of an iron shaft. This brings the maximum length to 11.0mm. It weighs 2.4g. Compare SF-A89A06.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: SF-5E30C9
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman pin. Only the head and a small section of the shaft survive. The head is a flattened globular knob shape, while the shaft is circular in cross-section. The surface of the metal is corroded and the break is well worn. It belongs to Cool's (1990, 151-4) Group 1, but without the rest of the shaft the fragment cannot be assigned a sub-type. Cool (ibid., 154) suggests that pins with knob heads were in use throughout the Roman period although may have gained popularity later in the period. Length: 25.02mm, diameter of stem: 3.49mm, diameter of head…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-321010
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper-alloy pin, consisting of a sub-conical head and the beginning of a shaft with collars that are square in cross-section. The head is sub-circular in cross-section. It tapers in diameter both towards the shaft and away from it, although it tapers to a greater degree (reaching a smaller diameter) and over approximately three times the distance towards the shaft than away from it. Opposite the shaft, after the taper, it has a low domed face with a small spherical knob projecting from the centre. The shaft is initially circular in cross-section and waisted: wh…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-84B317
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Ring-shaped head from a silver proto-handpin. The head is oval, slightly wider than it is tall, and fairly flat, with both front and reverse slightly rounded, but the front more than the reverse. There is an oval perforation placed slightly above centre. The front has very well-executed decoration in two halves, an area of ribbing on the upper half and a sunken panel area of relief decoration on the lower half.  The ribbed area is covered with wider and narrower transverse ridges, which could also be described as beads separated by fillets. There are 13 of the b…
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-104711
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy pin. Undecorated ovoid head (5mm x 6mm) tapering down to a damaged, un-collared, shaft bent through 90 degrees. The oval section shaft increases in size from 2.2mm (longest axis) adjacent to the head, to 3.7mm over its 32mm extant length, before terminating in a old break. .  Without context plain collarless pins such as this one can be difficult to date. Roman to Medieval covers the date span with a strong preference to the former. Circa AD 43-1500. Weight 1.81g
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B1923B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman pin. 6.8mm diameter plano-convex head, the upper surface of which is shaped into an octofoil. The head is separated from a half-round collar by a 2mm wide reel. The tapering sub-circular cross-section shank of the pin is 39mm long from the collar to its end, where it terminates in an old break. The diameter of the shank over its length goes from 4mm to 2mm at the break. The pin has a dark green to dark brown lustrous patina. A related pin without the upper head decoration can be seen on the PAS database at SF-128F56. Cool's group 6. Circa AD 50-150.
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-9748AB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy pin of probable Roman date c.43-410 AD. The pin has a hemispherical head with a bevelled underside and no collar. The shaft of the pin is circular in cross-section and tapers linearly over its 23mm length before terminating in an old break. The pin is a mid-green colour with no visible decoration. Height 32.8mm, diameter (of head) 11.5mm, thickness (of shaft under head) 4.26mm and weight 7.67g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D68917
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy pin, now very corroded but with fragments of patinated surface surviving. The head is 6mm square in cross-section, and 5mm long with a domed top and flat underside. The shaft is 15mm long and circular in cross-section, tapering smoothly from 3mm in diameter at the junction with the head to 1mm just above the point. Total length 20mm, weight 1.5g.
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-C4659F
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very small Roman copper-alloy pin. It is corroded and worn so that any surface detail has been lost; it has a smooth brown patina. The head and shaft are both circular in cross-section, the head a maximum of 3mm in diameter. The head starts at the top with a long narrow round-ended element which tapers into a larger rounded moulding. Below this is a slim ridge between two narrowed waists; below the lower waist, the shaft begins with a diameter of 3mm before tapering to a right-angled bend around 35mm from the top of the head, and then a sharp point. Some of the shaft is probably missi…
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1AD417
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy pin dating to the period circa 43-409 AD. The object consists of a globular head and a tapered circular shaft which narrows into the tip. The object has a green-grey patina. The object is consistent with the form in Crummy 1983, no 2995), suggested to be a upholstery pin (1983: 115). Diameter (head) 8.9mm; Shank length: 20mm; Overall length: 28.9mm; Shank thickness: 2.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-4B8271
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy pin with large globular head and slender shaft. No decoration can be seen on the head, although it is very worn; the diameter is 9.5mm. The shaft is circular in cross-section and tapers quickly to just over 2mm in diameter, then gently tapers to 1mm before the tip. The shaft is straight and unbent, but it is uncertain whether it is complete or whether it has a very worn break. The entire pin is 37mm long and weighs 4.50g. There are similar items from Roman contexts in Colchester, catalogued as 'nails' in Crummy 1983 (e.g. no. 2995, on p. 115) although this example ha…
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-53EC44
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper-alloy pin, probably Roman but possibly alternatively middle Anglo-Saxon. The head is solid and hemispherical, with a rounded angle between flat base and rounded top, possibly worn. When viewed from above the head seems more oval, and measures 7 x 8mm. The circular-section shaft tapers from 3mm in diameter where it leaves the head (with no collar) to 2mm in diameter shortly below, where it is bent at just over right angles. It then swells again to 3mm in diameter before a second slight bend, after which it tapers to a sharp point. The bends do not appear to have ca…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-17F056
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy pin of Roman to Middle Saxon date (c. AD 43 - 700). It exhibits a globular head which tapers smoothly into the shank. There is no collar visible. The shank terminates in a worn break.
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field Dalling', grid reference and parish protected.