File:Pin detail close up (FindID 465529).jpg

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pin detail close up
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Northamptonshire County Council, Julie Cassidy, 2011-10-07 14:35:28
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pin detail close up
Description
English: Copper alloy object of probable Roman date. The full length is 100mm. The head is sub-circular in section and is 7.5mm in diameter. The shank tapers down to 3mm in diameter before sharpening to a blunt point. Bent at 90degrees. The head is decorated with two horizontal grooves. Above these it is decorated with vertical grooves. The section between the two grooves has diagonal grooves, sloping downwards to the left. [Beneath the second groove and the bend, are a series of chevron shaped grooves.] The decoration does not continue to the back of the object. This may be through design, or due to use-wear.

The function of this object is unclear. If it was meant as a dress or hair pin, then the decoration would have been complete around the full circumference of the head. That the decoration terminates before the bend suggests that the bend is deliberate and part of the function of the object, rather than post-depositional damage. Therefore, a possible function as a linch pin, or locking mechanism, possibly for a casket, is possible. If the lower half of the pin is fitted into a locking mechanism, then the area most flattened on the reverse of the decorated upper area would allow the pin to sit comfortably flush against a flat surface, with the decoration facing outwards.

A possible, but broken, parallel can be seen at NARC-2785D1.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northamptonshire
Date between 250 and 550
Accession number
FindID: 465529
Old ref: NARC-EFEED2
Filename: NARC-EFEED2 b.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/348964
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/348964/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/465529
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Object location52° 20′ 28.68″ N, 0° 45′ 11.23″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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