Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

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72.0 mm. The shaft is very slightly swollen-waisted. The head has a
conical upper and slightly rounded lower half.
Type 4 Pins with a faceted cuboid head (Fig 29; 435-490),
485 SF LWC 1380(C), E84 (F49), ?Sinkage. Late Roman or Anglo-Saxon.
Fragment. 13.0 mm long.
488 SF BUC 1533. H352 G519. Grave deposit. Period 2. Length 73.0 mm.
489 SF BUC 1534. H352 G519. Grave deposit. Period 2. Length 72.0 mm.
Swollen-waisted.
Type 5 Pins with a groove or grooves below a flattened spherical head (Fig
30; 491-496),
491 SF LWC 2451. M100. Rampart lc. Fragment. 54.0 mm long. Corroded. Three
grooves.
495 SF BKC 4667. T417. Period 3 or 4. Three fragments. 77.0 mm long. Four
grooves.
496 SF CPS 845(C), 884 L123. Occupation/topsoil. Period 4. Fragment.
55.0 mm long. Two grooves.
Miscellaneous (Fig 31; 497-513)
498 SF LWC 995, B F70? Probably cellar backfill. Period 5. Corroded, tip
missing, bent, 86.0 mm long. Globular head divided by four longitudinal
grooves into equal segments.
502 SF BKC 1980(C), E1278 L397+. Post-Roman. Two fragments. very corroded.
tip missing. 91.0 mm long. Biconical head. possibly with incised
radiating lines.
510 SF BKC 5000. V101 F10. Dog burial. Period 5. Fragment. 54.0 mm long.
Flattened spherical head with a latitudinal groove below the maximum
diameter. Similar to Type 5. and of similar date.