A copper-alloy expanded-head pin from Little Chester, Derbyshire. (c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery
A copper-alloy expanded-head pin from Little Chester, Derbyshire. (c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery

A copper-alloy expanded-head pin from Little Chester, Derbyshire. (c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery A copper-alloy expanded-head pin from Little Chester, Derbyshire. (c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Expanded-Head Pin (1986/975-AE86)

A copper-alloy expanded-head pin from Little Chester, Derbyshire

A copper-alloy pin found at the site of the Little Chester Roman fort. This loose find was found on top of a Roman metalled surface. It has a lozenge-shaped head that is typically Anglo-Scandinavian, but the lack of a secure finds context and its proximity to a Roman surface indicates that it could be Roman.

Object Type

Pin

Style

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Keywords

copper_alloy, Derby, Derby_Museums, Derbyshire, pin, Scandinavian

Further information

You can see the original at Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

This object is related to Derby, Derbyshire.
Find out about Derby, Derbyshire.

Acknowledgements

(c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery

References

Derbyshire Archaeological Journal (2002), pp. 150, 254-55.

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