Record ID: NMGW-4AF507
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold mourning ring. The outer surface is engraved with a fine trellis-style pattern, inlaid in dark blue-black enamel. In place of a bezel, there is a cartouche of white enamel. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Prepared bee to follow me in italic script. The lettering retains slight traces of dark blue-black enamel. Internal hoop diameter 18mm; maximum band width 2.2mm; band thickness 1.2mm; weight 2.5g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Metal Content Elemental analysis was undertaken by Mary Davis using a Bruker TRAC…
Created on: Friday 7th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 7th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-BE9776
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval gold coin Portugal Joäo V (1706-50) Quartinto, Lisbon, 1714 (quarter maeda) which was current in England and Wales for 6 shillings and 9 pence during the 18th century, made into a love-token 2.09g
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-CE8D4F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification The reported object is a cast gold finger ring with stone setting. It has an octagonal hollow bezel tapering upwards to form an oval aperture for the stone. Inside the bezel are the remains of a dark red cabochon stone, now sunken.  The band is flat, plain and slightly D-shaped in cross section. There is a small panel on each shoulder, decorated with a series of horizontal chased grooves. The band is misshapen, and the back of the bezel is plain and flat. Louise Mumford, Senior Conservator-Archaeology and Tom Cotterell, Senior Curator: Mineralogy …
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Port Eynon Community', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCW-63DAE3B8F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
A Solidus of Valentinian I (364-375) Reverse: Uncertain Reference: Uncertain
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Last updated: Sunday 21st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swansea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CCI-910463
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
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