Record ID: HAMP-5A735A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy hair pin of early medieval date (c. AD 700-900). A faceted-cuboid head (polyhedral) with ring-and-dot motif on each face, and possible traces of white inlay within the decorative elements. The shaft is complete, bent at approximately 100 degrees approximately half way along its length, and tapers to a point. For a similar item please see LEIC-590907. Length (top of head to bend in shaft): 30.5mm. Width (bend in shaft to tapered end): 32.5mm. Head: width 6.6mm, depth 5.1mm, height 6.9mm.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: SOM-8AC1DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman plate brooch in the form of a four-legged animal, possibly a deer or goat, c. AD 200-400. The front of the brooch is covered with vertical decoration made up of repeated crescents that mimics curled hair or wool and which covers the the forequarters, hindquarters, and what survives of the legs. The feet, tail, and pin are missing. The face comprises a pointed snout, one circular enamel-filled eye, an ear and two small horns or antlers. There is evidence of white metal coating. Length: 27.38mm, depth: 22.22mm, weight: 5.24g. Some resem…
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-4E12F0
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head or part of the head of a Roman copper alloy hairpin. At the top a globular moulding is surmounted by a nipple, and below this a waist lies above a rectangle of square cross-section with an engraved saltire on each face. A short length running to the non-recent break may be the uppermost part of the shank or may lie above another moulding, probably the former, cf. NMS-14E4CE. Extant length 17.5mm. Width of globular part 5.8mm of rectangular part 3.3mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Saturday 11th December 2021
Last updated: Saturday 11th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1FC1D3
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the shank of a probably Roman copper alloy hairpin, bent through c.45 degrees at mid-point, with an old break. Extant length 72mm. The diameter is 1.7 - 1.9mm throughout before tapering just above the tip. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1FA495
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy hairpin with a slight mid-shank widening and a pointed head which is no wider than the shank and is divided into three by three pairs of encircling grooves. Cool 1990, Group 3 Sub-group A. The shank has been bent twice through c.45 degrees in two directions, immediately below the head, and c.25mm above the tip and c.10mm above an encircling rib. This last feature is very unusual, and is not a casting flaw but deliberately formed. Weight 4.0g. Length 92mm. Diameter 2 - 3mm. Mid 1st - 2nd century.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-0C1A1C
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower part of the shank of a probable Roman copper alloy hairpin with an old break and a sharp point, extant length 45.3mm, diameter 3.2mm, AD c.43 - c.409.
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
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Record ID: KENT-6216FA
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy object possibly a pin of Roman date (c.AD250-400). Description: The pin remains as the polyhedral head and a small section of the sub-circular shank which is now bent at the base. The head of the pin has 14 facets, six of which are large and lozengiform, the remaining being comparatively small and triangular. There is no visible decoration on the facets. The patina of the pin is light green patina on the facets and brown on the edges. Measurements: length: 12.5mm; width: 7.6mm; weight: 3.24g Discussion: Pins with polyhedral heads do o…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: NLM-0AEC55
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast figurative mount with an integrally cast conical fixing pin of diameter 3.1mm and length 5.5mm projecting from behind; the back of this massy casting is lightly hollowed. The subject is the profile of an old man with bald forehead, with hair at the back of the head and extending from there to form a long and luxuriant beard, though perhaps without a moustache of similar character. A crumbly pale green material covers part of the back, and might be a relict fixative. The subject may be Silenus, an attendant of Bacchus. While the fixing method would normally com…
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B662EA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin with a wire shank of diameter 1.5mm, which is missing its point. The shank is fixed into a two-part hollow sub-oval head, 11.6mm in diameter which is composed of two semi-hemispherical halves brazed or soldered together.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
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Record ID: WILT-AF4D48
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probably Early Medieval hair or dress pin of copper alloy, dating to c AD700 - 900. It is a ball-headed pin with the ball apparently made up of two separate hemispheres, each with five smaller spherical knops arranged around the edge, with another at the apex of each hemisphere. The shaft of the pin, circular in section and retaining its point, is made of iron. It protrudes from the lower of the hemispheres. It is slightly bent and may be a repair. The shaft is not integral to the head, and has been pushed through the lower knop rather crudely, appar…
Created on: Tuesday 9th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-671F29
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy, Roman hair pin probably of Cool Group 3, dating from AD 43 - 410. The head is a tapering finial knop terminal and below it is a double cordon, a baluster shaped element and a wider collar. The shank is circular in cross-section, 2.9mm diameter below the collar and tapering to 2.4mm at the break. The surfaces of the pin have mottled mid green and brown patination. It is 58.4mm long, 5.4mm maximum diameter and 3.2g.
Created on: Saturday 6th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-5153B4
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a Post Medieval inscribed silver bodkin dating from AD 1600 - 1700. The object is a strip of silver of rectangular cross-section. The surviving part of the bodkin represents the middle, with both ends missing. It is decorated with a cross hatched rectangular panel at the wider end, with two parallel horizontal grooves below, and from which an incised elongated wavy triangle extends downwards, which is decorated with etched vertical lines on one side and diagonal cross hatching on the other. This design is repeated on the other face. There is no visible maker's mark but…
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrogate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-115795
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast early Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon, c. 450-550)  copper-alloy button brooch. The brooch is missing part of its upturned rim, its pin and part of the lugs for the pin to hinge around and sit within. The brooch comprises a circular base with angled walls (turning outwards) surrounding it creating a 'saucer' shape. On the back of the brooch are two, slightly raised, rectangular raised stubs which are all that remains of the pin mechanism. The face of the brooch is decorated in relief on an abstract forward facing face, possibly a mask or helmet,&…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: DOR-A9C9B2
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hair or dress pin. At the top, the pin is rectangular in cross section, tapering to a sub-angular cross-section for the lower two thirds. The upper third is decorated on all four faces with multiple groups of incised transverse grooves and semicircular notches along the edges. Each face has had these applied in a different arrangement. The top of the pin is slightly narrowed and is faceted on the two two opposing wider faces creating an irregular hexagonal cross section). There is some damage to the top of the pin, but it is not clear if this represents a break. Date…
Created on: Thursday 28th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2021
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Record ID: BUC-A9BC8D
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman hair pin of group 6 type, dating from the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The hair pin has a discoidal head, which narrows to the shank.There is raised collar below the head, then a groove, and then a slightly smaller raised collar, followed by a second groove. The shank is circular in cross section with a bend in it, narrowing slightly before a worn break. The pin is very worn, and has a dark brown patina. It measures 40.6mm in length, 4.1mm in maximum width, and weighs 3.32g. C.f. Cool 1991, page 157, Figure 5, number 3.
Created on: Thursday 28th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
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Record ID: WREX-9B8E7D
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval figure of the crucified Christ. It is well made and solidly cast, modelled in three dimensions. The arms are straight and broken (worn breaks) so that the hands are missing. There appears to be the remnants of an iron pin at the break on the right arm. The head is downturned to the figures right. Detailing of the hair in the form of grooves, survive on the figures right shoulder and down the back of the head. The top of the head and the face are worn and little detail survives. There is some grooving on the sides of the body, suggesting ribs. The fi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pennal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6F83A1
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy anthropomorphic folding strap-clasp frame, consisting of one arm and the outside edge only. The outside edge is in the form of a crowned head facing, interpreted as a king's head. The crown is decorated with three fleur-de-lis and a triangular protrusion at one end. Three circular holes decorate the band. The face is in high relief with prominent incised eyes and mouth. The hair is depicted realistically to either side of the head by a series of vertical incised lines. Below the lines is a moulded transverse ridge which represents the base of t…
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
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Record ID: NARC-47ECC6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Pin of Roman date (AD 43-200). The object is a Crummy Type 2 and is a hair pin composed of a central elongated bead with triple reel and spool motif below and upper collar with globular head above. The shaft is circular in section and tapers towards the terminating end which recurves, likely due to post-depositional processes. The metal is a mid-green in colour with areas of light green corrosion. Length: 76.96mm, Diameter (of bead): 4.45mm, Diameter (of shaft): 1.92mm, Weight: 3.1g
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2021
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Record ID: WREX-389853
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification The object is small fragment (upper part) of a plain silver dress pin of bodkin-type form. The head tapers to a rounded point and is surmounted by a small, rounded knop. At the opposing end of the fragment (broken end) are the remains of an elongated rectangular aperture. Above the aperture are two small circular holes set one above the other. The bodkin is rectangular in cross-section and there is no maker’s mark present. Measurements Length: 7.7mm, max. width: 4.8mm, thickness: 2.2mm, weight: 1.5g Metal content To judge from its colour and …
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rossett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-1A2516
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy anthropomorphic clasp or bucke frame, dating to AD 1250 - 1400. The decoration is in the form of a kings head. The clasp frame is sub-rectangular in plan and 'U' shaped in cross-section with upturned sides. The bar is narrowed for the (missing) plate while the outside edge is elaborately decorated with an integrally cast head. The U-shaped face is cast and stands proud of the edge with cast nose a shield shaped face and hair in ringlets either side of the head - the crown above is stylised comprising a broad central lis which is conjoined with the side…
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
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