Linch pin terminal
This piece of bronze would have been used to help secure a chariot wheel to the vehicle’s axle; it is the equivalent of a car’s wheel nut. Originally it would have been decorated with brightly coloured enamel. See 234/2003 for a complete replica.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 201/2003
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Hockin, Terence, Mr
- Material
- metalcopper alloy
- Common Name
- linch pin terminal
- Simple Name
- linch pin
- Period Classification
- Iron Age (800 BC-43 AD)
- Production Year Low
- -300
- Production Year High
- -200
