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Early-medieval pin: Spiral pin head
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Oxfordshire County Council, Anni Byard, 2019-01-30 11:01:14
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Early-medieval pin: Spiral pin head
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper alloy pin head of early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. AD 700-900). The pin has a spherical head, known informally as 'wrythen-headed', decorated with deep spiralling grooves. At the apex of the head there is a small indented annulet. The incomplete shank extends from a collar immediately below the head. The shank terminates in an old break.
Although spherical heads with grooving are a feature of several of Cool's types of Roman pin (e.g. Cool 1990, Group 13), there is no close parallel to this pin within Roman material. The form is well-known from middle Anglo-Saxon contexts.

Cool, H.E.M, 1990. 'Roman Metal Hair Pins Southern Britain', Archaeological Journal.

Hinton, D. A., 1996. The Gold, Silver and Other Non-Ferrous Alloy Objects from Hamwic, and the Non-Ferrous Metalworking Evidence. Stroud.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 700 and 900
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FindIdentifier: 936721
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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/1043593
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1043593/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/936721
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