Record ID: PUBLIC-16B3EC
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap distributor / link for a horse harness fitting of later Early Medieval date. The fitting has a flat back and rounded front, it had two loops for straps, connected via a rectangular bar to either side of a barrel shaped central boss. There is a thin groove either side of the boss. The object is missing most of both loops due to ancient breaks. The central boss has a hollowed rear, and the side bars a central groove. The fitting had a green patina over the brown metal. The remains are 44mm long, 12mm wide and 10mm deep, it weighs 14.4g
Created on: Saturday 20th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-EA9008
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with separate plate, probably of 14th or 15th century date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and is comparatively small (with an overall length of 30.7mm and a weight of 4.2g). The buckle is oval form (4.7mm long and 4.9mm wide) and the frame is D-shaped section, wider and thicker at the outside edge (1.6mm – 2.2mm wide and 2.5mm – 3.2mm thick). No decoration now survives on the frame. The bar is offset and narrowed. The plate has a slot to accommodate the missing pin, now filled with ferrous corrosion, suggesting an iron pin…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: HESH-283146
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill type brooch of Roman date (AD 80-120). The wings are complete with flat and pierced end caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are all lost. The external chord of the spring would have been held by the abraded rearward facing hook positioned at the midpoint on the upper edge of the reverse. The head of the brooch bow is hump like and robust - being comma shaped in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to a broken edge above the foot. The catch-plate is formed from a rib on the rear of the bow which desce…
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mordiford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-158325
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled plate brooch of Umbonate type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing much of the edge and the pin (with a surviving length of 29.2mm, an overall surviving depth of 7.6mm and a weight of 4.3g). The missing pin was hinged between twin lugs, positioned at the rear apex. Above the hinge is an arc, probably representing the remains of the perforation on the truncated chain loop. The fragmentary catch-plate, missing the catch is positioned on the rear of a solid knop, also truncated. No other lugs are now evident on the damaged periphe…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD9BA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval-framed buckle with ornate outside edge of 13th or 14th century date The buckle frame is near-complete but is missing the pin (with a length of 19.7mm and a weight of 2.8g). The outside edge is wider than the rest of the frame (5.5mm wide and 2.7mm thick) and has a bevelled top face, enhanced with ribbed and grooved decoration. One of the outside knops has been lost. The sides are arched (giving the frame a width of 27.1mm) and is of sub-triangular section. The bar is narrowed and offset with extensive wear on one end. The surface is heavily corroded wi…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC3F52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type, of mid-13th to mid-15th century date. The cast buckle comprises both frame and pin. The frame is circular and comparatively robust (with an external diameter of 49.8mm, an internal diameter of 36.6mm and a weight of 43.2.7g) and is of circular section and (with a diameter of 6.2mm – 7.0mm). There is no pin restriction on the frame and no decoration is evident. The pin (with a length of 543.5mm) has a loop of D-shaped section (14.5mm external diameter and 5.0mm wide), open at the rear. There is a stepped moulding at the top of the s…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC2F25
Object type: EWER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, probably of 15th century date The cast zoomorphic ewer spout is in the form of a dog’s head with the spout protruding from the open mouth. The spout is near-complete, with some corrosion (with an overall length of 71.4mm and a weight of 72.2g) and would have been soldered to the body of the ewer at the curved and convex oval attachment end (with external dimensions: 53.4mm long and 17.9mm wide). The dog has oval and upright ears, concave across their widths, protruding above the head, now slightly truncated. The snout is defined by a concave de…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC2496
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The seal matrix is incomplete, missing the terminal loop and edge of the die (with a surviving length of 22.9mm and a weight of 8.7g). The missing loop was probably of trilobed form, as suggested by the dividing rib at the centre of the aperture. Below the loop was a ribbed moulding flanked by grooves. The handle is of hexagonally-faceted form. The seal die was circular (with a surviving maximum diameter of 17.8mm). The device on the seal die is of geometric form, comprising a central line cutting a saltire cross. Fou…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC03DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hil Grp 4.f of late 1st or early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete missing the pin and with a damaged catch-plate (with a 56.5mm, a depth of 17mm and a weight of 17.3g). The spring remains in place, secured around an iron axis bar between lateral perforated lugs. The missing chord appears to have been tensioned by a claw at the head, now damaged. The ends of semi-tubular wings (with a width of 25.0mm) are expanded and angled inwards (with a diameter of 7.3mm). No other decoration is evident on the wings. The head has curved mou…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: HESH-7FE97A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and abraded copper alloy sestertius of an unknown early emperor. The coin is too worn to be identified further.
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mordiford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-2E314A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy zoomorphic mount terminal or fitting of uncertain date, possibly Late Iron Age or Early Roman The cast mount appears to be complete or near-complete (with a length of 19.7mm and a weight of 8.2g) and comprises the head, body and fore limbs of a beast, possibly a bear or similar. The mount was attached using a fixing within the sub-circular sectioned, hollowed end (of 9.8mm – 10.4mm diameter), which is angled at an approximate 45° angle to the axis of the body. The fixing appears to have been ferrous but is now heavily corroded with no magnetic trace of iron surviv…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04CB62
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorated copper alloy rod of uncertain date The rod now forms an open, sub-oval ring but was of uncertain original from (with a length of 48.1mm, a height of 35mm, a straightened length of approximately 106mm and a weight of 5.5g) and is broken on one end. The complete terminal is flattened (with a thickness of 1.6mm and 4.0mm wide) but the loss of the surface has removed any decoration. The rod is of sub-square section (4.0mm wide and 3.5mm thick) and is decorated with closely spaced ribbing. The decoration covered all four sides of the rod but has worn away on the upper face, …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0147A4
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy anthropomorphic folding strap clasp, probably of late 13th to early 15th century date The clasp is of two-part type and is lacking the folding end (with a length of 28.4mm and a weight of 4.3g) with a decorative outside edge depicting a crowned head. The frame is recessed for the plate. The bar (with a width of 2.8mm, a length of 14.8mm and thickness of 2.0mm) is flat on both its outside and underside faces but otherwise rounded. The sides of the frame are slightly convex across their lengths and of flat section (giving the clasp a width of 18.8mm). The …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EFE39C
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bird figurine of uncertain date, possibly Roman The cast zoomorphic figurine is of a bird, perhaps an eagle with splayed wings and is near-complete. Missing part of the base or attachment pin (with a surviving length of 39mm and a weight of 24.8g). The bird is depicted with head with its head facing to one side. The truncated beak is open and the eye is depicted with an incised ring-and-dot. The neck (with a length of 10mm) widens to breast. The outstretched wings (with a thickness of 2.0mm – 2.8mm and giving a width of 40.0mm) are axe-shaped. The tail expand to it…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EFD231
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Trumpet type and of AD 100-200. The brooch is fragmentary missing the lower part of the leg, catch-plate and spring (with a surviving length of 42.2mm, a surviving depth of 16.0mm and a weight of 9.4g). The missing spring was secured around a single lug behind the head, now truncated. The oval trumpet head (13.0mm long and 10.5mm wide) is corroded at the edges and may have ben of sub-triangular form. The sides of the upper bow are concave and widen to the button. The button is now worn and corroded but may have been of acanthus form. The leg is of D-shaped…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EFBE71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter type and 75-200 AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch-plate (with a length of 59.4mm, a surviving depth of 19.2mm and a weight of 14.8g). Two coils of the spring survive abutting one of the side terminals behind the semi-tubular wings (with a width of 23.4mm). The terminals are expanded (with a diameter of 7.9mm). At the head is a lug, probably from a hook to tension the chord. The top of the head has a flat square panel, decorated with an incised diagonal cross. The sides of the bow were expanded with a curving side…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-56BFDE
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze fragment, possibly of Bronze Age date but of uncertain artefact type The fragment has broken on one end (with a surviving length of 47.2mm and a weight of 29.0g) and the other end is of irregular sub-rectangular section (13mm x 7mm) and is corroded and heavily-pitted. The sides of the terminal are straight and near-parallel as far as a stop (17mm from the terminal where it has a width and thickness of 15.0mm and 9.0mm respectively. Above the stop the sides are straight but more divergent to the break (with a width and thickness of 18.8mm and 7.0mm respectively). The septum…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DBD233
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy figurative buckle of double-looped circular form, probably of 16th or early 17th century date The cast buckle is in the form of a bird near complete, retaining the attached copper alloy sheet plate but missing the pin (with a length of 41.9mm and a weight of 4.6g). The bird is depicted with a pointed head and neck projecting at one end and the fantail at the rear. The neck is of D-shaped section with concave sides and is decorated with transverse grooves (with a length of 8.3mm, a maximum width and thickness of 3.5mm and 2.3mm respectively). The decorat…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C5CC15
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to post medieval copper alloy annular buckle of 15th – 17th century date The buckle comprises a large circular ring (of 52.2mm diameter and weighing 34.7g) with an attached pin. The frame is of oval section (5mm -6mm wide and 5mm thick) and no restriction for the pin and with no decoration evident. The pin is loosely looped around the frame (with a diameter of 10.3mm x 11.5mm), folded inwards at the base of the shaft. There is the suggestion of a central groove around the loop and a transverse groove at the base of the loop. The pin shaft is rectangular-sectioned …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C5BFE7
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy saddle pommel of 16th or 17th century date The pommel is incomplete, missing one of the attachment lugs (with a length of 55.8mm and a weight of 43.9g) and is of soldered two-piece construction. The domed pommel is hollow and of oval section (with a diameter of 30.5mm x 29.8mm, an internal diameter of 28.0mm x 25.5mm and is 2mm thick). The apex is enhanced with an oval knop (5.7mm diameter and 3.3mm high). There was a lug on each side, one of which has broken at the centre. The complete lug (with a length of 32.2mm and a width of 11.1mm) has two sub-cir…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C571F9
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch of 13th or 14th century date The cast brooch has an annular frame, heavily distorted (with a dimeter of 21.3mm – 27.0mm and a weight of 3.1g) and is missing the end of the pin. The frame is circular sectioned (2.2mm – 2.7mm diameter). There is a constriction for the pin loop with no notch on the opposite side. The pin loop (3.5mm diameter) is solid with no discernible split. There is the suggestion of a collar before the pin shaft, which is truncated and of circular section (with a diameter of 1.4mm and a surviving length of 11.6mm). There…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: WAW-7369B2
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy annular ring dating to the Medieval or Post Medieval period (c. AD 1100 - 1800). The object is circular in plan and cross-section with no decorative features. The ring has a dark green patina. Rings such as these are very common finds and may have had a variety of uses. They may have been part of horse-harness, or used for suspension of vessels, or as curtain-rings (Geake, Finds Recording Guide https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/rings/). The overall dimensions are as follows: 31.06mm in diameter, 2.51mm in thickness and 2.59g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: WAW-5DF05E
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy French jetton dating to the late Medieval period (c. AD 1488-1497). The jetton is a four fleur de lis in a lozenge type (see Mitchiner 1988: 206-209). The jetton is extremely worn and the edge, including the legend, has been removed. Obverse: illegible. Reverse: Cross patty feuilly, with a flower in each angle. Overall dimensions: 17.68mm in diameter, 1.28mm in thickness and 1.32g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5B950C
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle to Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead of Acton Park to Ewart Park metalworking phase, c. 1550 – 800BC The cast spearhead is incomplete, missing the base of the socket and the basal parts of both blades (with a surviving length of 103.3mm and a weight, including sediment in the socket of 78.0g). At the break the spearhead is sub-circular sectioned (with a maximum diameter of 16.4mm) and the internal socket is sub-circular to oval (10mm x 11.5mm). The socket is considerably thicker on one side (5.0mm thick compared to 0.8mm) causing a weakness in the socket wall and proba…
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3091AA
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled plate brooch of Umbonate type and of late 1st to mid 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is near-complete but is now distorted (with a length of 31.0mm, an overall distorted width of 24.7mm, a depth of 9.5mm and a weight of 5.7g). The pin is hinged between twin D-shaped lugs on the rear, now damaged with a copper alloy axis bar. The hinge and catch-plate are positioned on the rear of the protruding lugs each side of the dished rear. The lug at the apex has probably broken through a perforation for the chain loop. The catch-plate is truncated and has l…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2FC7C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st century AD date The cast brooch is near-complete, missing the pin but has a distorted upper bow, bent in on itself (with a distorted length of 47.5mm, a distorted depth of 23.6mm and a weight of 13.3g). The spring is accommodated in the semi-cylindrical head (18.7mm wide and 6.4mm – 7.4mm diameter) with the copper alloy axis bar secured in end lugs, angled inwards slightly. The chord is tensioned by a hook at the head. The wings have a raised ribbed border and are flanked by a groove. The bow has a curving stepped mou…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C72541
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy toggle of late 1st century BC to 2nd century AD date The cast toggle is of ‘dumbbell’ form without a loop and appears to be complete (with a length of 27.3mm and a weight of 12.9g). Both terminals are flattened, sub-spherical (with a maximum diameter of 12.0mm and a length of 8mm). Before each terminal is a collar (9mm diameter), enhanced with a central groove, now largely worn. The toggle is narrowest across the central part (6.0mm dimeter and 5.8mm long), which is differentially worn, probably by a strap or similar. The surface is p…
Created on: Wednesday 30th December 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th December 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-C8AB53
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, fragmentary and flattened dagger copper alloy object, most likely a sword scabbard chape dating to the late Medieval to post Medieval period (c.AD 1500-1700). The chape is made from sheet metal and 70mm in length. The tip has a globular knop 8.3 in diameter. and there is incised decoration in the form of four parallel transverse lines around the mid section. The open end has a rim around it. One side of the object is fragmentary. Circa 16th-17th century.
Created on: Friday 18th December 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AB96D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman radiate of Quintillus (AD 270), dating to AD 270 (Reece Period 13). VICTORIA AVG reverse type, depicting Victory, winged, draped, walking right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand. Mint of Rome. Cunetio 2326.
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-AB1AB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman radiate of Gallienus (sole reign AD 260-268), dating to the period AD 260-268 (Reece Period 13). VBERITAS AVG reverse type, depicting Uberitas, draped, standing left, holding purse in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. Mint of Rome. Cunetio 1200.
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-AA6C1E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 307-361), dating to the period AD 330-333 (Reece Period 17). Victory on prow [CONSTANTINOPOLIS] reverse type. Mint of Trier. RIC VII Treveri 530 or 548.
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
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Record ID: HESH-F0DA3F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill style brooch of Roman dating AD 75-175. The bow is angular and hump back, resembling a comma, with a moulded plate rising from the wings on each side, to mark the sides of the head and bow. The wings are heavily abraded and the pierced endcaps are lost the body of the bow remains, but the majority of the spring and pin, the catchplate and the lower bow / foot are missing, probably lost in antiquity. The spring originally would have been held by an external chord which fits through a pierced lug on the head. Four incised li…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wigmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6DCD86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period AD 348-350 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting soldier, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, advancing right, head left, leading small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree with right hand and holding spear in left hand. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII Treveri 222.
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-6C5821
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period AD 332-333 (Reece Period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type, depicting two soldiers and two standards. Mint of Trier. RIC VII Treveri 538.
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
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Record ID: HESH-C9A817
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A relatively well-preserve copper alloy pocket (poke) sundial, probably dating from the seventeenth century. The artefact is a circular ring of brass with a small suspension loop or hoop on one edge. The loop is staple shaped and has been fixed through the ring through two drilled holes. A central recessed groove runs circumferentially around the exterior of the ring, this has been perforated in two places with a long slots. The sliding section (now missing) would have sat within this groove and moved around the slot - this element would have been pierced with a single hole which coul…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2020
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Record ID: GLO-5B5CC7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double looped buckle with oval frames that have slightly convex moulded sides. The strap bar is narrowed. This artefact dates to the 1500-1650
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
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Record ID: GLO-4B812B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double looped buckle with oval frames that have a projecting knop in each coroner. The a narrowed and recessed strap bar has an expanded knop at both ends.
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2020
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Record ID: LIN-B32907
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, modern cast copper alloy furniture mount probably dating to the period AD1800-1900. The circular domed mount has a central dome shaped knop and the mount has a floral pattern outlined in gilt. It has been broken around the circumference from a larger setting. A green patina covers about half of the mount.The underside is undecorated. Diameter: 33.8mm, height including knop: 13.9mm, weight: 14.9g The knop measures 7.1mm in diameter and is 3mm deep.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Centre of parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-88B5F3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy finger ring of probable later Iron Age or Roman date (50 BC - AD250). The ring is incomplete and partial being broken across the central bezel and also the rear hoop. The ring has also been flattened and is now heavily distorted. The break across the bezel is likely to be recent with the surface being heavily laminated and the external edge feathered. The bezel is oval in shape and rectangular in cross section with rounded faceted edges. The front face is decorated with a vulvate or ocular design comprising two parallel V shaped incised lines forming …
Created on: Monday 21st September 2020
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leintwardine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-110506
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy heraldic harness pendant of probable 14th-century date (c.AD 1250 - c.1450). The pendant is sub circular in plan and rectangular in cross section. At the top of the pendant there is an integrally cast suspension loop set at a right angle to the pendant. This is damaged and incomplete and has some corrosion around the circular perforation. The object is very worn and abraded so the detail and design on the pendant have been lost. One face has an upper and lower horizontal band of red or orange enamelling visible. The other face has the remains of some enamel wh…
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2021
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