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IOW-738404 Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Pin
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Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2012-01-19 12:01:18
Title
IOW-738404 Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Pin
Description
English: An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper alloy pin with a polyhedral, faceted head (c. 700-c. 900 AD)

The head has a punched ring-and-dot motif on twelve faces, the upper face plain. A small portion of the shaft tapers to a break. There are two vertical 'seams' on the shaft.
This pin has a brown patina and small areas of corrosion and off-white corrosion products on the rings and dots.

16.31 x 5.54 x 5.21mm. Weight: 1.27g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 700 and 900
Accession number
FindID: 482515
Old ref: IOW-738404
Filename: IOW2012-1-59.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/365151
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/365151/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/482515
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