Accession No

1905.49


Description

Copper alloy pin, point missing, with flat head. Single bend in shaft.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Hertfordshire; Royston


Period

Roman


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; Nunn, Edmund Brook [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1905.49


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

6mm x 25mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to pin: 'Bronze pin, Royston (Nunn's Sale)'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1905.46-49: 'Four bronze pins: two with flat heads; and one each, with spherical and conical heads.'
Event Date 1905
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy pin, point missing, with flat head. Single bend in shaft.
Event Date 31/3/2025
Author: Heather Donoghue


FM:326465

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