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KENT-3AA4D3: Early Medieval buckle pin
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Kent County Council, Jen Jackson, 2012-02-21 14:30:12
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KENT-3AA4D3: Early Medieval buckle pin
Description
English: An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy buckle pin (c. 450-c. 600). Part of the shaft and the loop are missing due to old breaks. It has a 'shield'-shaped plate. In plan, the plate is rounded at the end and incurved at the sides. The incomplete shaft is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat on the underside and is 7.3mm long. On the underside, close to the rounded end, a stub of the attchment fitting remains, 3.7mm long. Similar pins can be seen on the database: <a href="../../database/artefacts/record/id/435755">IOW-0A4DF1</a>

The pin is 19.9mm long, 12.8mm wide, 3.2mm thick and weighs 3.55 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 450 and 600
Accession number
FindID: 489865
Old ref: KENT-3AA4D3
Filename: KENT-3AA4D3.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/370989
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/370989/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/489865
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