File:Post-medieval silver bodkin (FindID 721432).jpg

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Post-medieval silver bodkin
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The British Museum, Ian Richardson, 2015-09-07 11:07:22
Title
Post-medieval silver bodkin
Description
English: A silver dress pin of bodkin type, incomplete. The bodkin is plain on one side and on the other side has the punched marks 'A' (?) 'P'. One end, which would have tapered to a point, has been snapped/ clipped off and the other end features a longitudinal opening followed by a circular perforation. This end of the bodkin is then rounded off and topped by a tri-lobed knop. The edges have been bevelled.

Dimensions:
Length: 49.05mm
Width: 3.79mm
Thickness: 2.01mm
Weight: 3.6

Discussion: Similar items have been recorded on the PAS database: NARC-029CF5 (2011 T292), ESS-F47106 (2009 T616) and SF-46DEF3 (2008 T308).

NB: The find was not seen by the recorder; many thanks to the rally organiser for emailing the object's image, measurements and findspot information.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 1500 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 721432
Old ref: LANCUM-5FCF1B
Filename: 2015T351a.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/531941
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/531941/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/721432
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