Record ID: OXON-127B51
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a Roman hair pin. The shaft is truncated by a transverse break. This is circular in cross section and then at its top has moulded decoraton. This begins with four transverse raised collars each sepereated by a gouge, above this is then a pear shaper knop at thet of which is a smaller collar and projecting D-shaped knop. The pin is an orange brown colour. The pin is 27.3mm long, 6.4mm wide, and weighs 3.20 grams. There are several similar pins illustrated by Cool (1990: figs 2.13, 3.9, and 4.5). 
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Haseley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E7F008
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but distorted copper alloy pin of most likely Roman date, although an Early Medieval date cannot be fully discounted. The head of the pin is plain and globular and c. 4.7mm in diameter. Below the head is a moulded, raised band, however this is not so pronounced as the collars normally seen on Early Medieval examples. The pin is bent at a right angle around 8mm down from the collar; it then continues for c. 17mm before it folds back on itself in a u-bend; finally the tip bends up again at a 90 degree angle towards the head. The whole surface of the pin is covered with a com…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-E6CAF3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin. A small pin with a tapered square-section shank and an expanded integrally cast globular head. This might alternatively have functioned as a rivet. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 17.1mm, Diameter (head): 4.7mm, Weight: 0.74gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-7CB974
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy pin, dating to c.AD 43 - 410. The head of the pin is globular and then divided into three segments below. Each of the segments are rectangular and separated by narrow waists, each of rectangular segments have three flanked moulded ridges. The remainder of the pin conists of the shaft, it is cylindrical. Length: 60.8 mm Width: 5.5 mm Weight: 4.58 g Similar examples are illustrated by(Crummy 1983: 29-31) and Cool (1990) with this best fitting Cool's group 11  group (multiple block heads)
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-529271
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete but bent cast copper alloy pin of Roman date c. AD 41 - 410. The pin is made of a circular (2.4mm diameter) cross sectioned shaft that has a slightly pointed tip and a slight waisting possibly from corrosion along its length. The shaft is bent over 110 degrees at its middle. The head of the brooch is domed and then divided into three segments. The first being a narrow waist flanked by raised collars, the second being slightly more bulbous and the third also having a narrow waist flanked by collars. It has a medium green patina. In its folded state …
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St. John', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BEB603
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy furniture pin of Roman date. The pin has a globular head (a similar example can be seen in Crummy, 1989, pg 115, fig 116, 2992). Diameter (of head): 6.49mm Length: 20.83mm Weight:1.42g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-54B215
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy pin head of possible Roman to earlly Medieval date. It is biconical in shape, with only the head surviving. Due to the lack of further surviving details, it is difficult to diagnose further. Diameter: 9.72mm Length: 11.88mm Weight: 2.64g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-C1B9B1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded copper alloy object with a cylindrical terminal (4.9mm diameter) at one end of a constriction to an ovoid lobe which tapers to a bend and a point, probably an old break. The original surface is almost entirely lost and no decoration can be made out. Possibly a terminal from a hair pin of Roman date.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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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: OXON-838AC2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An 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 sub-circular in cross-section and tapers slightly over its 5.2mm length before terminating in an old break. It has a slight contraction also just before the pin head. Just before the break the pin is flattened on both sides to form a soft triangular point almost as if it has been cut by pressure from two sides.  The pin is a light-green colour with no visible decoration.  The pin is 11…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-71C1D6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy pin dating of late Roman dating (4th Century) . The stem of the pin is circular in cross section; it projects straight down below the head, where it has been bent in a U-shape and bends upwards to extend above the head, tapering to the end where it terminates in a break. The top of the stem is flat, and the head is affixed to the side so its face is parallel to the stem. The head is broadly circular in shape, and sub-rectangular in plan. There is a central circular hole. The bottom half of the head is undecorated. The top is decorated with two grooves, which projec…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 16th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B6FAEA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large bone pin, probably a hairpin and of Roman or potentially later date. The pin is 136.7mm in length with sub circular cross section and tapers from a rounded end, 7.2mm in diameter, to a point which has broken off. There is no decoration and the terminal is not pierced, marked or worked in any diagnostic way.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-A1B14A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pin of probable Roman to Early Medieval date, c.AD 43-900. The pin has a conical head, no collar, and a thin shaft. It is undecorated, but fairly worn and the shaft terminates in a worn break.  Measurements: the pin measures 39.02mm in length, 10.39mm in diameter at the top of the head, 3.93mm in diameter at the shaft. The weight of the pin is 4.01g. Similar styles are seen in Crummy (1983) pg 29. 
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farrington Gurney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8F46DE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy pin; the head only, of Roman or Early Medieval date, about AD 43 - 850. The head is sub-spherical, with a rounded domed top, and a tapering lower half. The shaft is missing, so it is unclear whether there is a collar or not. It has a brown patina. 7.8mm long, 6.9mm diameter and 1.1g.
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-264ABB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pinhead of probable Roman date (c.AD 43-410). The pin is comprised of the head and a fragment of the shaft (overall height 13.0mm). The head is globular, flat on the bottom, with four intersecting incised grooves forming a flower or star decoration (external diameter 6.7mm, height 3.2mm). The shank is circular in section (diameter 3.0mm, 9.2mm long) and terminates in a transverse break.  The object has a dark green patina and weighs 1.24g. A direct parallel could not be found, but broadly similar pins were recovered from excavations at Colchester…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-90E6CF
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Pin of Roman date (AD 75-200). The object is a Cool group 8, Cordon head. The object is composed of an upper central bead with a waisted fluted section and a double, conical collar below which is an expanded collar and a second conical collar, below which extends a circular sectioned, tapered shaft. The shaft terminates in a squared point. The metal is green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 50.44mm, Diameter (head): 7.36mm, Diameter (shaft): 3.23mm, Weight: 4.5g Cool, P 159, Fig 6, No’s 1-4 & 8
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 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: NLM-128F52
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin. Cast solid oval head of biconvex profile with a thin slightly tapered round-section shank of maximum diameter 2.3mm. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Length: 23.8mm, Diameter (head): 10.1mm, Weight: 2.79gms
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-96D8CB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Pin of Roman date (AD 100-250). The object is a Crummy Type 2 and is a hair pin composed of cylindrical apex with flat top that is waisted and followed by a further cylindrical section. Below this is a bulbous collar, below which tapers into the remaining portion of the circular sectioned shaft. The shaft terminates in an old and abraded break. The metal is a green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 52.90mm, Diameter (head): 7.62mm, Diameter (shaft): 2.67mm, Weight: 4.6g Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities S…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: NARC-7EE409
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Pin of Roman date (AD 43-410). The object is composed of a simple knob-shaped head. The shaft circular in section with a swelling in the centre, which then tapers down toward the pointed tip. The shaft is recurved into a U-shape. Length: 56.10mm, Diameter (head): 9.79mm, Diameter (shaft): 3.82mm, Weight: 6.5g The metal is dark green with small areas of light green corrosion. Cool (1990, fig.1, no.5) illustrates a similar example, which also has a swollen shaft and belongs to her Group 1C (knob heads with spherical heads). Although she lists no pre…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-663E64
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of possible Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The head is globular with a flattened element to the base of the lower hemisphere from which a tapering circular sectioned faceted shaft extends, terminating in a worn break. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 25.59mm long, 8.04mm in diameter at the head, 3.67mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 3.31g. It can be very hard to distinguish Roman pins from middle Anglo-Saxon pins, but on the whole middle Anglo-Saxon pins have more slender shafts and tend to have co…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-65812B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin. Bulbous sub-spherical head with flat probably hammered patch on top, and the stub of a narrower tapered shank below, probably from upholstery. Suggested date: probably Roman , 43-410 Length: 12.4mm, Diameter: 8.6mm, Weight: 2.12gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E8D79C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy pin of possible Roman to Early Medieval date, c.AD 43-900. The head is globular or hemispherical approximately 7.57mm x 6.23mm, with a tapering circular sectioned shaft extending from the centre of the lower hemisphere.  The shaft narrows to a kink before widening slightly approximately mid-way along its length and terminates in a rounded blunt end. The metal has a dark brown/green patina and is worn. The object is 39.36mm long, 7.57mm in diameter at the head, 2.17mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 2.62 grams. It can be very hard to distinguish Rom…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: WREX-D3EE6E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy pin, possibly Roman, dating c. 43-410AD. The head of the pin is circular with shallow moulded grooves dividing the head into four sections. The pin has an integral circular-sectioned shank, which is broken. The pin has a smooth dark brown patina. Similar pins have been recorded on the PAS database (see YORYM-1D5A96) Measurements: Length: 42.4mm; diameter of head: 8.8mm; diameter of pin shaft: 3.7mm; weight: 5.18g
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abergele', grid reference and parish protected.

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: SWYOR-BFA7B0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin of Roman date, AD 41 - 410. It has a spherical head on the top of which is a slightly raised rectangle of metal (possibly representing a poppy seed head).  Beneath the head is a groove, then a reel moulding with concave sides. Another groove marks the start of a band of oblique incised lines. This pattern of groove, reel, oblique lines, groove is repeated and finally there is another groove before the plain shaft tapers.  The lower part of the shaft, is missing. The pin is 43.9mm long and 5.8mm in diameter. It weighs 4.5g. Similar pins are illust…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-6C1A91
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Roman hairpin dating to c.AD 100-200.  The pin has a flattened spherical head decorated with three grooves at the apex, forming a loose trianglular motif. The shaft is decorated with two circumferiential bands immediately below the pin head, followed by a space and three further bands, the remaining tapering shaft is undecorated and appears complete. The pin is bent below the three decorative bands, almost at 90 degrees, probably as the result of plough damage. This hair pin is similar to Crummy Type 5 dating to the 2nd century AD (Cr…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wold Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-17EEF5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable Roman copper-alloy pin dating to circa AD 43-410. Now heavily abraded, it has a D-shaped head carrying incised transverse grooves. The shaft is integrally cast and circular-sectioned. It terminates in an old worn break.  Similar examples are depicted in Crummy 19983: pg 115, nos 2995-3002. 
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9A0E55
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy figure, probably a pin head depicting of the god Harpocrates, likely dating to the third to fourth century. Description: The figure is formed of a single piece of metal cast in the shape of a male figure standing with his left leg slightly bent and in front, his right hand raised to his mouth and his left holding a cornucopia.  He appears to have no clothing but wears a sash around his body (over his left shoulder and sitting on the right hip).  The sash is decorated with slightly angled grooves.  The head of th…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: SOM-720BF7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy pin dating to the early to mid 2nd century AD (100 - 150 AD).  The pin is missing its head, which was probably onion shaped. The collar is decorated with three incised lines around its width. The shank is circular in cross section and tapers to a worn break.  Measurements: the pin measures 41.95mm in length, 4.72mm in width at the top of the collar, tapering to 1.1mm at the break. The weight of the pin is 2.44g. Similar styles are seen in Holbrook and Bidwell (1991) pg 259, fig 118, no. 129. 
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-4962D8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of uncertain date, Roman to Post-Medieval, c.AD 43 – 1700. The head of the pin is broadly plano-convex with a flat base and irregular rounded top. An integral circular sectioned shank extends from the centre of the base of the head, terminating in a worn break. The metal has a delaminated dark green patina and is worn. The pin is 22.2mm long, 17.4mm in diameter at the head, 1.2mm in diameter at the shank and weighs 1.3g. This pin does not appear to sit within known typologies of Roman or Early-Medieval pins which may suggest it is later in date t…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-0C19D2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of possible Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The head is globular with a flattened element to the base of the lower hemisphere from which a tapering circular sectioned shaft extends, terminating in a worn break. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 28.4mm long, 16.7mm in diameter at the head, 1.9mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 1.3g. It can be very hard to distinguish Roman pins from middle Anglo-Saxon pins, but on the whole middle Anglo-Saxon pins have more slender shafts and tend to have collars benea…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-0BA267
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin head, probably dating from the Roman period, c. AD 43 - 410. An uncertain amount of the pin shank is lost to an old break. The head and circular sectioned shank appear to be cast as one. The head has a flat top with sides that slope out to a carination a third of the way down from which they slope inwards to meet the shank which is joined seamlessly with no collar, a shape known as 'flattened bi-conical'. It appears to be plain with no decoration. The surface has a green and brown patina. The head is 10.07mm in diameter, the …
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-CC6206
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy pin of possible Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The head is globular with a tapering circular sectioned shaft extending from the centre of the lower hemisphere. A possible spiral design is present at the centre of the upper hemisphere. The shaft is bent approximately mid-way along its length. The metal has a dark brown/green patina and is worn. The object is 30.3mm long, 6.8mm in diameter at the head, 1.9mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 1.5g. It can be very hard to distinguish Roman pins from middle Anglo-Saxon pins, but on the whole middle Anglo-Saxon pins …
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-B85397
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The head is globular with a shallower bevel to the lower hemisphere where is narrows to form a tapering circular sectioned shaft. The object is undecorated. The metal has a dark brown/green patina and is in fair condition. The object is 24.2mm long, 8.8mm in diameter at the head, 1.8mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 3.2g. It can be very hard to distinguish Roman pins from middle Anglo-Saxon pins, but on the whole middle Anglo-Saxon pins have more slender shafts and tend to have collars beneath the heads. Crummy (19…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Londesborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B6F904
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a bone hair pin, pin or needle of probable Roman date comprising a portion of the shaft and the pointed tip. The surface is a dark brown colour with oblique striations. The object is sub-circular in cross section and the point is conical. Measurements are; length 49.3mm, diameter at the widest point 2.3mm and weight 0.36g. This is narrower than the maximum diameter given for most Roman pins and hair pins on the PAS database, but this may be because the head is missing. Similar bone hair pins have been recorded on the database including SUR-6AA775 and LON-10EEF7.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-72FFBB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken bone pin and two heads of possible Roman date. The remains of the pin are largely undiagnostic. The pin shaft is the pointed terminus which would have been inserted into the hair. The two heads are globular but heavily worn. There is a possible dot decoration on one side. Shaft: L. 24.8mm, Thick. 2.8mm, Wgt. 0.21 Head 1: Diam. 3.9mm, Wgt. >0.01g Head 2. Diam. 3.2mm, Wgt. >0.01g
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-3D66AF
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy, Roman - Medieval, facet headed pin, AD.150-1200. The object comprises the head and part of the shank of the pin. The head is faceted with 13 decorated facets each with a single ring and dot. The 14th facet is where the pin shank emerges, below this is a narrow faceted collar. The shank has broken probably halfway down its length. This form of pin is common from the Roman period to the medieval, though perhaps most common during the Roman and Early Medieval periods.
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-E4936B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pin of probable Roman date (c. AD 43-410).  The object has a tear shaped head with a small knop extending from the centre of  the apex.  The integral shank extends from the centre of the bottom of the head with a thickness of 4.05mm and narrows down to a break with a diameter of 0.9mm. The pin is undecorated and has a dark brown patina.  The pin measures 27.36mm in length, the head is 15.3mm long and has a diameter of 9.9mm.  It weighs 6.2grams.  There are many exampl…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.