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Translucent amber brown.
Circular cross section; upper end tooled into a large flat disk; lower end tapering sharply to a fine rounded point.
Intact; striations and a few pinprick bubbles; pitting and iridescent weathering.
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Title: Glass pin
Period: Early Imperial
Date: 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; drawn and tooled
Dimensions:
3 3/4 × 3/16 in. (9.6 × 0.4 cm)
Diameter (diameter of head): 7/16 in. (1.2 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
Object Number: 15.43.264
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