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Record ID: NMGW-C988AA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval, late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy (or ?silver) strap-end of 9th century date. Metallurgical testing required to determine if silver.
The cast strap-end is of Thomas' (2003) Class A, Type 1 and is near-complete, missing the attachment end (with a surviving length of 46.1mm and a weight of 7.1g). The attachment end was forked to accept the strap but has broken at the base of the split. Below the split is a solid collar (8.8mm wide and 2.7mm thick) with a transverse moulding. The central panel of the strap-end is widest near its top (with a width of 11.7mm and a thickness …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-99AC0A
Object type: ARM BAND
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances and context of discovery
The arm-ring fragment was found with the aid of a metal detector on a ploughed field, at a depth of about 3" (10cm), about 10-15 feet(5m) from the previously reported arm-ring 16.34.[i] The land is occupied by Mr Andrew Morgan and owned by Mr H. Harrison-Allen (full details of their addresses and full national grid co-ordinates for the findspot are provided on the Treasure Receipt Form).
Description
The silver object is a flat fragment of penannular arm-ring terminal of Hiberno-Viking type. It has the form of a broad flat band of s…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-8490F6
Object type: ARM BAND
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The silver object is a flattened fragment of penannular arm-ring of Hiberno-Viking type, now in two conjoining pieces. It has the form of a broad flat band of silver of rectangular cross-section, and in plan. The expanded mid-portion of the arm-ring is near the mid-point of the original arm-ring, and tapers to a narrow, fractured end. The production and flattening process has left multiple transverse stress fractures on the outer face of the arm-ring.
The form of the arm-ring, having been hammered (forged) from a silver ingot into a flat expanded band tapering either side of a ce…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3457EA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Silver strap-end with incised 'vine-scroll' interlace motifs, interwoven with harps and set around a centrally placed equal-arm cross with circular terminals. There are traces of niello, and of further decoration at the break, where the split attachment would have had two circular rivet holes (missing). The strap-end terminates in a stylised animal head with large rounded ears and small circular eyes, with incised lines on brow and to represent snout/mouth.
The back is plain, apart from the suggestion of a single incised line border beneath the terminal head. The strap-end reflects…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-B1A80D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval silver coin
Aethelraed II penny
CRVX type
BMC iii a, North 770 (c. 991-7)
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Uncertain moneyer; uncertain mint (possible mints: Gloucester [GL--], Ilchester [GIFELSCT] or Ipswich [GIPESWIC])
0.70g, incomplete and in two fragments
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-DAB2C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval silver coin
PENNY OF ÆTHELSTAN I OF EAST ANGLIA (c.827 - c.845)
Obv. +EDELZTANREX; diademed bust r.; 'neck' formed by a single row of six pellets, chin and mouth by single pellets
Rev. +Mo.N | MONE | T:.A in three lines, separated by horizontal lines of pellets with hooked ends, the text of the middle line inverted.
(The letter 'N' appears throughout as 'H'.)
Weight: 1.27g; Die-axis: 315º approx..
Portrait type, c.827-30; North 437 var., cf. BMC 5; Naismith E31.1c.
The coin appears to be from the same obverse die as Naismith E31.1c (recorded and illus…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DA579E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The cast brooch frame is near-complete but the pin is missing and the frame is comparatively insubstantial (with an overall length of 57.6mm, an overall width of 62.2mm and a weight of 10.6g). The oval hoop (58.8mm external width) is of flattened-oval section (3.4mm wide and 1.9mm - 2.4mm thick), widening slightly as it approaches the terminals. There is no decoration evident on the hoop but there is an impact groove near the left terminal, possibly from a hammer blow. There is a slight step from the hoop to the integral terminals extending as far as an incised border, giving the impr…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-799430
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a complete finger-shaped metal ingot with rounded ends of silvery-grey appearance. The underside and a slightly rounded profile, and two indents may assaying nicks. The upper surface is slightly convex, with a small area of pitting, consistent with the ingot having been cast in an open mould (stone, ceramic or earth). There is further evidence for nicking on the side of the ingot - an interventions sometimes undertaken in antiquity to test purity. Length 47.1mm; width 9.4-12.4mm; depth 6.3 - 9mm; weight: 20.01g.
As simple moulds for such ingots are found on s…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-3E31B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
The mount comprises a gold baseplate, slightly crumpled, cut to a curved tapering form with a straight wide end, to fit the recessed cell of a (now missing) gilt bronze or silver penannular or pseudo-penannular brooch. The outer face of the baseplate is decorated with a spherical blue glass bead set in a gold collar, and a pattern of S- and Z-scrolls delineated by beaded wire (filigree) and other motifs (C-scrolls with central scrolled stems) within a plain beaded wire border. To one side of the bead is a now empty rectangular collet.
The overall length of the base-plate is 22.5mm;…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9A4808
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early-medieval silver sceat of Primary Phase Series E, VICO type 1 or 1b, c.690-710..
Obverse: stylised bird, with the appearance of a porcupine, comprising a series of curved lines with pellets ends above a thick curved line; below, four pellet-ended lines, the first two joined by a single stroke to give the appearance: NII Reverse: a square panel created from pellets and solid lines; within this, the characters V I C O [the I marginally off-flan] and three added pellets. Outside the square, part of an 'inscription' of uncertain characters. Weight: 1.14g. Ref: Closely paralleled b…
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-C5EE45
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Five precious-metal finds:
Drop of silver waste. Weight 1.3g. (Unstratified; no. 5A)
Silver casting waste. Weight 1.8g (Unstratified; found 13/14.5.07; no. 3A)
Hack-silver ingot section, cut both ends, one hesitant cut mark across one end. Weight 3.3g (Unstratified; no. 1A)
Hack-silver ingot section, cut both ends. Weight 3.5g (Unstratified; no. 2A)
Disc, cut in half with perforation. Uncertain. Weight 1.2g (Unstratified; AG no. 4A)
In terms of type and design, and on the basis of archaeological context, the 2007 finds are contemporary with the early-medi…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Llanbedrgoch', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-E8F8A8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
A loop-headed ringed pin, with slightly pitted, stripped surface and golden colour (typical of some beach finds). The ring has a dark corrosion layer on the surface, remnants of which also survive on the shaft. The ring is of 'fixed' type, with a constriction where it fits through the loop head of the pin; the pin can therefore swing, but not move freely around the ring. The ring is of lozenge cross-section, and is decorated with five groups of transverse incised lines. The pin has a raised transverse moulding at the junction of the loop head with the shaft. The shaft changes in cross…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A96F63
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete silver Anglo-Saxon hooked tag.
Description of find
The tag has a flat, circular plate from which extends the complete integral hook, which tapers and curves back to the rear of the object. The circular plate is decorated with a lightly-incised floral motif of irregularly sized, sub-oval segments radiating from a central circle and surrounded by a narrow border at the edge of the plate. This gives the pattern a flower-like appearance. The reverse of the circular plate is plain. The plate has two circular perforations for attachment, positioned on the opposite end to the ho…
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-B45F06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Published
Silver, penny of William I (1066-87), PAXS type (probably crown 1), c.1083-6, Mint: St Davids?, moneyer: uncertain.
In very poor condition, and now surviving only as a fragment. Fortunately, the fragment has the full mint name.
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.
Record ID: NMGW-E94356
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy strap end of Early Medieval date, probably dating to the Anglo-Saxon period and of 9th to 10th century date. The strap end is of slightly unusual form and does not easily fit into Thomas' classification. The strap end was attached to the strap by means of a sawn opening (7mm deep) and secured by a single protruding iron rivet, which is still present. The strap end tapers to its terminal with converging sides, which expand at the terminal. On either side, below the strap slot are rounded knops. The face is decorated with a moulded triangular panel before a raised deba…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Sunday 4th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-0D50A3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Copper alloy Saxon strap end, probably dating to the 9th Century AD, and belonging to Thomas' Type A. The strap end is made on a strip of sub-triangular copper alloy sheet, with a single copper alloy rivet employed to secure the strap. The face is decorated with an eroded zoomorphic terminal before a panel, split along its length by an incised line, each side containing two short arcs. The greater part of the face is made up of panel containing an incised diagonal cross, the arms of which are in-filled…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2003
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-238544
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Fragment of a Cnut Short Cross Type
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-0969C1
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy sword pommel of late lobed form, probably of 10th or 11th century date. The base of the pommel curves upwards at both ends and would have rested upon a concave pommel bar. The interior of the pommel has a central oval opening, with an internal rounded step narrowing to a sub-rectangular aperture to accommodate the sword tang, and extending through the top of the pommel. The exterior is decorated with a larger central lobe flanked on each side with two smaller lobes. The pommel is somewhat irregular, with the smaller terminal lobe on one end being more substantial tha…
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2003
Last updated: Saturday 17th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.
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Record ID: NMGW-6F8602
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny of Aethelred II 'the Unready' (978-1016). From mint London, Cambridge or Wilton; and the moneyer is probably Wulfgar.
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-A1B4C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Possible terminal from a penannular brooch of Early Medieval date, and possibly dating to the 9th century. The terminal is circular with the curving broken stub of the hoop emerging at one end. Traces of gilding survive in some recessed areas. The decoration has a concentric layout consisting of a raised circle surrounded by three crescent shaped lobes, the lobe at the junction with the hoop being the widest. The lobes are interrupted by three circular recessed mouldings, possibly to house settings. The interior of the raised circle contains a decorative motif composed of two concentr…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2003
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2018
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