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Early medieval pin
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2017-02-27 14:32:50
Title
Early medieval pin
Description
English: An incomplete early Anglo Saxon copper alloy pin dating from c.700-900 AD. The pin has a polyhedral shaped head, it is rectangular with the corners cut off, the sides are irregular triangles and lozenge shapes. On the two larger sides there are five irregular punched ring and dots, on the smaller sides there is a single punched ring and dot. Below the head is a worn raised collar. The shaft terminates in a worn break soon after it extends, it is circular in cross section. The pin has a light green patina, inside the recesses of the punched ring and dots is a light orangey brown colour. The pin measures 22.1mm in length, 9.3mm in width, 4.3mm in thickness, and weighs 3.32g.

Similar objects on the database are IOW-97F9E4, DOR-4DC9D7, YORYM-536D55, HAMP-E51517 and HAMP-190EC5.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 700 and 900
Accession number
FindID: 833276
Old ref: BUC-437366
Filename: BUC437366.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/603866
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/603866/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/833276
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Object location51° 57′ 07.2″ N, 1° 16′ 05.38″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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