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Record ID: NMGW157
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Circular or irregularly sexfoil, flat, copper alloy mount with two integral rivets. The rivets are broken. Corrosion prevents a definite identification of the decorative device but it appears to be either a rosette or a variation of this common motif. Diameter 19-20mm, weight 3.9 grams.
Created on: Monday 4th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cardiff', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-99B6F0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy looped mount, probably of Roman date The cast mount comprises a sub-circular loop on an integral domed base (with an overall length of 40.3mm and a weight of 38.3g). The loop (35.1mm wide x28.6mm high external and 23.9mm wide and 20.2mm high internal) is circular sectioned (5 - 6mm diameter) and is undecorated. There is a slight suggestion of wear facets on the interior of the top of the loop, which if correct, would seem to suggest strap-rubbing. The base is circular and hemispherical (with a basal diameter of 26.2mm and a height of 11mm) and has a grooved border ar…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-99C671
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative spherical or globular-headed stud, probably of Roman date The cast stud is fragmentary, missing the lower part of the shaft (with a surviving length of 24.0mm and a weight of 13.5g). The head is near-spherical (with a diameter of 14.0mm - 15.3mm and a height of 13.2mm) with flat facets on both the apex and base. No applied decoration is evident on the head. The integral shaft is of sub-rectangular, faceted section with straight and near parallel sides for their surviving length (4.7mm wide and 3.6mm thick with a surviving length of 10.7mm). The surface has…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-AD514E
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular ring of uncertain function and date The cast ring is circular (26.2mm diameter, 13.6mm internal diameter and weighing 17.3g) and is flat on one face and bevelled on the other (8.2mm thick), rounded across the outside. The ring is decorated with concentric incised grooves, with three on the convex face and one on the flat face. No other decoration is evident. The surface has a pitted, dark green-brown patina with areas of green surface loss. The ring is of uncertain function but may have been a spindle-whorl or weight, although a spindle whorls in co…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-600BE8
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy key handle of mid 2nd to 5th century date The handle is incomplete, missing the top of the loop and the base of the socket, with a surviving length of 52.2mm and a weight of 41.8g. The handle would have comprised three oval or pear-shaped loops and has a maximum width of 35.5mm. Projection remnants at each side, may suggest flanking leaves that have been lost. The base of the handle comprises a rectangular panel (25.3mm wide, 10.1mm deep and 11.2mm thick) with three horizontal ribs. The lower part of the handle comprises a broken rectangular socket with a less promi…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-DA5116
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 2.b2, sprung pin, flat wing ends type) and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and leg, with a surviving length of 26.38mm and weighs 9.1g. The spring was secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement and the chord was tensioned by a lug on the head. The wings have a width of 28.82mm. The fronts of the wings were decorated with mouldings, which are now largely eroded. The bow has a width at the head of 8.72mm and has a curved moulding against the head. …
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DA5BD7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type. The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head and upper bow only, with a surviving length of 17.12mm and weighs 3.g. The brooch employed a copper alloy spring mechanism, probably secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement. The wings are eroded and have a surviving width of 17.99mm. The bow has a width at the head of 8.07mm and is of oval section. No decoration survives on the poorly-preserved surface of the brooch which has recently been coated in a wax.
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Friday 15th April 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-DA7C26
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper Alloy Coin. CONSTANTINE I AD 306-37. Nummus, SOLI INVICTO COMITI S F // PLN = London, c.313-4. RIC VII Lon.13
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-997E4E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type 2.b1, flat wing ends) and of mid-1st-early 2nd century AD. The brooch in incomplete and fragmentary, missing the pin and catch-plate and broken across the top of the bow (with a length of 50mm, a depth of 16mm and a weight of 11.0g). The spring remains in place and is comparatively wide (at 39.5mm), secured around a copper alloy axis bar between lateral lugs, only one of which now survives. The chord is tensioned by a hook at the head. The head is of sheet copper alloy and the fr…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9998A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment probably from a Trumpet or Trumpet derivative brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch fragment is from a swivelling chain loop (with a surviving length of 20.3mm and a weight of 1.7g) and comprises the wire chain loop with attached frontal plate of disc form. The wire (1.2mm diameter) forms a loop at the apex (7.6mm wide) and is wider at the base (with a surviving width of 17.7mm) to accommodate the spring. The chain-loop is held by a rectangular loop (6.4mm long and 2.0mm wide) on the rear of the disc plate. The fitting (with an ov…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-99D5C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Tetricus I in Gaul (AD 271-4) radiate PVES PVBICA Cunetio 2583/5 Elmer 764/7 1.61g, corroded
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
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Record ID: IARCH-13975D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Found "in a grey pottery jar, several shards of which were recovered stained by its contents. The rim is not represented, and it was probably ploughed off long ago".
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanedeyrn II', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1BBBEF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"remains of amphora"
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cardiff Castle B', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-535BC5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"An earthenware crock". The vessel was of black ware, unornamented. "A tiny chip of the pot which contained it enough to show that it was a black-burnished ware cavetto cooking jar."
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanedyrn I', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCW-63DAE30A0C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
A Radiate of Valerian I (253-260) Reverse: ORIENS AVGG Reference: RIC V (i) Valerian 106
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Last updated: Sunday 21st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cardiff', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCW-63DAE30A15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
A Radiate of Valerian I (253-260) Reverse: SECVRIT PERPET Reference: Elmer 9
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Last updated: Sunday 21st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cardiff', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCW-63DAE30A1E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
A Radiate of Gallienus (Sole Reign) (260-268) Reverse: AEQVITAS AVG Reference: RIC V (i) Gallienus (sole reign) 159
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Last updated: Sunday 21st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cardiff', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCW-63DAE30A27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
A Radiate of Gallienus (Sole Reign) (260-268) Reverse: APOLLINI CONS AVG Centaur Reference: RIC V (i) Gallienus (sole reign) 163
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Last updated: Sunday 21st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cardiff', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCW-63DAE30A30
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
A Radiate of Gallienus (Sole Reign) (260-268) Reverse: APOLLINI CONS AVG Centaur Reference: RIC V (i) Gallienus (sole reign) 164
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Last updated: Sunday 21st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cardiff', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCW-63DAE30A39
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
A Radiate of Gallienus (Sole Reign) (260-268) Reverse: APOLLINI CONS AVG Gryphon Reference: RIC V (i) Gallienus (sole reign) 165
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Last updated: Sunday 21st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cardiff', grid reference and parish protected.