Record ID: WMID-B1B397
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603), dating to AD 1566, issued as part of the second coinage between AD 1561 and AD 1582. Minted at the Tower of London. Mintmark unclear but either Portcullis or Lion. Date above the shield is 1566. C.f. North, vol 2, p 134, no 1997. Diameter: 24.9 mm Thickness: 1.4 mm Weight: 2.4 g
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: WMAS-394B77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Roman Republican denarius of Julius Caesar, dating to the period 49-48 BC (Reece period 1). CAESAR reverse type depicting an Elephant right, trampling on dragon(?), legend in exergue. Travelling mint moving with Caesar. As RRC, p. 461, no. 443/1.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2006
Last updated: Friday 10th April 2020
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Record ID: WMAS-3C4037
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper as of Trajan, 98-119 AD. Mint - unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-3C8FE1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper as of Trajan, 98-117 AD. Eastern Mint
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-88A5A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is an incomplete Trumpet brooch which dates to the Roman period or 1st to 2nd century AD. It is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete. The head of the brooch is sub-oval in shape while the reverse is recessed. Surrounding the head is an angled border which flares outwards, and is decorated by a single incised line running around its perimeter. One side of the border is slightly damaged, where it has been crushed inwards. At the very top of the brooch is a single projection. According to Hattatt (Hattatt, R. 1987. Brooches of Antiquity. Oxbow: Oxford, p.130)…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-88AB41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a Roman Colchester Two-Piece brooch of the T-shaped type. T-shape brooches date to the late first to mid second century AD (75 – 150 AD). The brooch is made of cast copper alloy and is in complete. In plan the brooch has short, narrow and tubular wings, which are decorated by a single longitudinal groove at each end. In profile the wings are sub-circular. The ends of a cast copper alloy axis bar can be seen protruding from the wing ends. The axis bar supports a cast copper alloy hinged pin which sits in a sub-rectangular recess on the reverse of the bow head. …
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-88ACF0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends, middle Severn Valley), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3. Plate 46. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. The brooch has short semi-cylindrical wings with caps on each end. In profile the head of the brooch (i.e. the wings and the caps), is quite narrow. The wing caps are drop-shaped and are perforated by a single hole. One of the wing caps is complete and contains a fragment of the now missing copper axis bar, in its perforation. The other wing cap is incomplete. The spring and pin are both missing. The end…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Record ID: WMAS-88AEB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf, Mackreth 2011, 2.b. Plate 45. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is complete. In plan, the brooch has long cylindrical wings with caps on each end. The wing caps are circular in shape and are concave. Both wing caps have a single perforation slightly off centre, through which the ends of a copper alloy axis bar can be seen. The axis bar supports a copper alloy spring, of which eleven complete turns remain. The pin is complete and is still attached to the brooch, it has however, bro…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Record ID: WMAS-88B0A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group, Lower Severn Valley, northern Midlands and Marches), Mackreth 2011, 5.a2 Plate 50, no. 1575. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. Polden Hill brooches are Roman and date to around 80-150 AD. The brooch has long semi-cylindrical wings with caps on each end. In profile the wings caps are sub-circular and complete. Each wing cap has a single perforation in it to support an axis bar. The wings caps are however, very abraded making the ends of the axis bar indis…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-88B272
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 5.a2. Plate 49. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. Polden Hill brooches are Roman and date to around 50-175 AD. In plan, the brooch head is small and narrow, with short semi-cylindrical wings with caps on each end. The ends of the wings (near the caps) are decorated by a pair of longitudinal grooves. In profile, the wings caps are sub-oval. One is complete while the other is damaged around its edge. Each wing cap has a single perforation in it to support a…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-88B410
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 5.a3.d. Plate 49. All that remains of the brooch is the bow head and a short portion of the bow. In plan, the brooch has narrow semi-cylindrical wings with caps on each end. Each wing is decorated by two longitudinalal grooves which are approximately 2.8mm apart. In profile the bow head (e.g. wings and caps) are very small and narrow. The wings caps are sub-oval in shape, with single perforation just off centre in each, through which the ends of a copper alloy …
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-88B5F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends, enamelled), Mackreth 2011, 4.k. Plate 48, of late 1st to mid second century AD (80-120AD). It is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete. The brooch is a direct derivative of the earlier Polden Hill type brooch, and retains many of its predecessor's characteristics, such as the semi-cylindrical wings, the spring gear, which is secured by wing caps and an axis bar; and the catchplate. In plan the object has short semi-cylindrical wings, with wing caps at each end. In profile, the wing caps are sub…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-9D1DC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a probable derivative of a Colchester Two-Piece brooch, of the Trumpet type. The brooch dates to the Roman period or first to second century AD (75 AD -175 AD). The brooch is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete. In plan the brooch head is sub-rectangular while the reverse of the head is recessed. At either side of the head, are the remains of two incomplete reward facing lugs. The lugs would have been used to support, an axis bar, the spring gear and the pin. Unfortunately all of these items are now missing. A slightly rough surface at the very top of t…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-9D28B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The brooch is a Roman Colchester Two-Piece of the T-shaped type. T-shape brooches date to the late first to mid second century AD (75 – 150 AD). The brooch is made of cast copper alloy and is in complete. In plan the brooch has short, narrow, tubular wings, which are decorated by a two longitudinal grooves on each wing. In profile the wings are sub-circular, with both ends of a cast copper alloy axis bar being clearly visible. The axis bar supports a cast copper alloy hinged pin which sits in a sub-rectangular recess on the reverse of the bow head. Only the top of the pin s…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-9D2A96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a Roman Aesica brooch, which dates to the first century AD or 40-60 AD (Hattatt, R 1987. Brooches of Antiquity. Oxbow: Oxford, p.54-55). The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. The brooch has short semi-cylindrical wings with caps on each end. The wings have a single longitudinal, incised groove at each end. In profile, the caps are sub-oval in shape, with a single piercing in the centre. The wing caps support an axis bar and a spring which are both made from copper alloy. The spring, of which four complete turns remain, is made from a sub-r…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-1BDA35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is an incomplete brooch of the Headstud type. Headstud brooches date to the Roman period or 1st-2nd century AD. Hattatt (Hattatt, R 1987. Brooches of Antiquity. Oxbow: Oxford, fig.41 no. 944) has an example of a headstud brooch which is similar to the recorded object in terms of decoration, but has different spring gear. The brooch is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete. In plan the brooch head is sub-rectangular. The brooch has short wings which are double stepped on the front and are semi-circular in profile. On the reverse of the head, in the centre, is…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-1F7A95
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead token dating to the Post-Medieval period or 17th to 19th centuries AD. The token is 31.8mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick and weighs 26.51g. The token is decorated on one side by a six-foil star/petal design inside a circular border, the border being 3 - 4mm wide. In between each pointed oval (petal) is a single circular pellet. The pellets are approximately 2.6mm in diameter. The reverse of the object is undecorated. As an example, Mitchiner, M. and Skinner, A. (1984. `English Tokens c. 1425 to 1672’, in `The British Numismatic Journal, Vol. 54, pp. 86-1…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-1FB0A8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is an incomplete cast lead token which probably dates to the Post-Medieval period, or 17th to 19th centuries AD. The token is 29.3mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick and weighs 17.57g. The object is mid-brown in colour and is slightly damaged around the edge, where some parts are now missing. The token is decorated on both sides. On one side is a fleur-de-lis. On the reverse, are the letters ‘H. D. V.’ in capitals across the centre of the token, with a smaller ‘S’ underneath the other letters, between the D and V. The letters and the fleur-de-lis possibly relate to…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-1FD031
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead token probably dating to the Post-Medieval period or 17th to 19th centuries AD. The token is 32.0mm in diameter, 3.5mm thick and weighs 16.75g. The token is decorated on one side by a six-foil star/sun design. In the centre of the token is a single, sub-circular pellet which is approximately 5.2mm wide. The pellet is slightly damaged and is missing in parts. Surrounding the pellet is a circle which is 13.0mm in diameter. The circle is surrounded by six, sub-triangular rays. There are two on the left, two on the right, one at the top in the centre and …
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-B3CAA2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman spoon which dates to the 1st – 2nd century AD. The spoon is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete. All that remains of the spoon is the bowl and the base of the handle. In plan the bowl is circular and concave. The bowl is 21.9mm in diameter and 4.7mm deep. The bowl is slightly damaged and a small portion of it is now missing. Green patches of copper corrosion are visible on the interior and exterior of the bowl where it has been damaged. The spoon has an integral handle which is 2.1mm wide. The upper face of the handle is decorated by three trav…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-B45712
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The object is a Trumpet derivative brooch of the Alcester type, Alcester brooches date to the Roman period or 1st to 2nd century AD. The brooch is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete. In plan, the brooch head is sub-oval (similar to those found on regular trumpet brooches) and is recessed at the back. Looking at the reverse of the brooch one can see that the head is heavily abraded and is missing in parts. Examples depicted in Hattatt (Hattatt, R 1987. Brooches of Antiquity. Oxbow: Oxford, fig 47, nos. 976-981), indicate that Alcester brooches often had a pair of reward f…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 28th October 2021
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Record ID: WMAS-B484E4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unidentified copper alloy object. The object is possibly Roman in date and is incomplete. The main body of the object comprises of a long sub-triangular piece of copper which is quite narrow, and which tapers to blunt point. In cross-section the object is D-shaped, with the reverse of the object being quite flat and the front being slightly rounded. The front of the object is decorated with longitudinal fluting. In profile the object is slightly angled. The bend may be part of the original design alternatively, the bend may be the result of damage which occurre…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-B4B822
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy knife handle of the ‘hare and hound’ type. The hound is well defined with long front legs, a long and narrow face which is triangular. The ears consist of slightly enlarged, elongated ovals, with raised borders and look slightly too large for the hound’s head. The body is well defined and of slender build (possibly a grey hound). The legs are well defined and appear outstretched. Only the top of the hind leg remains. The hare is much smaller than the hound. The hound's head is on the hare’s back and the legs of the two animals are in di…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-C3E8B6
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The object is a probable bridle fitting of Strap Union Link type dating to the Roman period. Both Jackson (Jackson, R. 1990. Camerton: The Late Iron Age and Early Roman Metalwork. British Museum Publications Ltd: London, p.35-36. Plate 6, No. 64) and Frere (Frere, S. 1972. Verulamium Excavations, Vol. 1. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, No.XXVIII: Oxford University Press, p.130; fig.40; no.124.) illustrate similar objects, which they describe as strap union links belonging to the military bridle equipment. The object is made of cast copper an…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-C43AC4
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is mount and probably dates to the Medieval to Post Medieval period, or the mid 14th to 18th centuries. The object is made of cast copper alloy and is complete. The object is sub-triangular (shield shaped) in plan and sub-rectangular in section. All of the sides of the object are smooth and undamaged. A single upward pointing chevron located in the centre of the shield, divides the decoration on the front into three parts. Traces of a dark black material are visible on the chevron. It is not possible to say if the material is due to corrosion or is part of the decorati…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: WMAS-C46143
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a probable cast lead alloy spindle whorl. The dating of lead spindle whorls is difficult due to the long period of time over which they were used. According to Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide, Version 1.1; August 2001) lead spindle whorls have been found in both Roman and Medieval contexts (Geake 2001, 66). However the recorded object is thought to be Roman in date as it shares some similarities with another Roman spindle whorl from Woodhouse, Northumberland which is also bi-conical and has similar line and pellet decoration on it (Brailsford, J. 1951. Br…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-C4A2B4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is an incomplete suspension loop, probably dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval period or fifteenth to seventeenth curies AD. The object is made of cast copper alloy. In plan the object comprises of a single sub-U-shaped piece of copper. Although the side arms of the object taper inwards towards one another, they are not joined together making the loop incomplete. The main body of the object is D-shaped in cross-section (with a flat inner face and a rounded outer face). As one moves downwards from the apex of the loop to the ends of the side arms, the loop becomes…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-1A8FF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze nummus (AE1 - AE4) of Constantine I, 306 AD - 337 AD. Mint unknown.
Created on: Friday 10th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-555F52
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze nummus (AE1 - AE4) of Constantine I, 323 AD - 324 AD. Mint of Trier.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-5724D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of Constantine I, 306 AD - 337 AD. Minted in Trier (Germany).
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-58B183
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of Constantine I, struck between 330AD - 331AD. Minted in Trier (Germany).
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-592298
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of the House of Constantine, struck between 330AD - 331AD. Minted in Lyon (France).
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-59F611
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of the House of Constantine, 307AD - 361AD. Mint unknown.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: WMAS-6AB827
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze nummus of the House of Constantine, 307AD - 361AD. Mint unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-6B0E35
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of the House of Constantine, 307AD - 361AD. Mint Lyon (France).
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-6C1517
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze nummus (AE1 -AE4) of the House of Constantine, 307AD - 361AD. Mint unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-6D5222
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze nummus of the House of Constantine, 335AD - 337AD. Possibly minted in Trier (Germany).
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-6DABA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze nummus of the House of Constantine, 335AD - 337AD. Mint unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-952CF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period AD 326 (Reece period 16). CONSTAN/TINVS/AVG reverse type depicting the legend over three lines. Mint of Trier. As RIC VII, p. 209, no. 485.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: WMAS-9655B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze nummus of the House of Constantine 307AD - 361AD. Mint unknown.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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