proto hand-pin
- Museum number
- 2002,0704.1
- Description
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Small silver proto hand-pin with ringed off-set head, on upper part of which are three beads divided by four stamped collars, the lower is a flat plate with a panel of reserved ornament of two lobed spirals springing from a central pelta, This has the remains of niello inlay. The back of the beads is flat with three pairs of radiating incised lines. The main shank is broken off below a slight swelling.
- Production date
- 350-450
- Dimensions
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Length: 20.60 millimetres
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Weight: 2.20 grammes
- Curator's comments
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Rare pin-type ancestral to the medieval hand-pin series of Scotland and Ireland, with finds widely scattered. Usually inlaid with enamel, niello is more typical of the late Roman period.
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Published:
Youngs, S., 2005. After Oldcroft: a British silver pin from
Welton le Wold, Lincolnshire. In: Crummy, N. (ed.), Image,
Craft and the Classical World: essays in honour of Donald Bailey
and Catherine Johns. Montagnac: Editions Monique
Mergoil, 249–54.
Mentioned:
Gavin, F., 2013. Insular military-style pins in Late Iron Age Ireland. In: Hunter, F. and Painter, K. (eds.), Late Roman Silver: The Traprain Treasure in Context. Society of Antiquaries Scotland, 415-426
- Location
- On display (G41/dc16/sA)
- Acquisition date
- 2002
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2002,0704.1
- Additional IDs
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Treasure/PAS number: PAS-E91188 (PAS Database Number)
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Treasure/PAS number: T452 (Treasure number)
