A Roman bronze nail and a bronze ingot, c. 1st - 4th Century AD, the nail with square profile and rounded head, L: 4 1/2 in (11.4 cm), and the ingot with even brown patina, L: 5 1/8 in (13 cm). Ex Petersen-Neubauer family collection, Los Angeles.

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