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Roman copper alloy glass headed pin
Glass-headed pin with carinated cup. The cup itself is severly abraded so that the original shape cannot be fully determined, although the sides were almost certainly straighter than they now appear. The shaft is of rectangular cross-section.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/143
Find Information
Site Name: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980-1981
Notes: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.
Acquisition
Purchase, 22/8/1988
Measurements
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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