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Record ID: NMGW-8A3D04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), sixth issue, minted at the Tower of London, 1582-1584 (North 2016). The coin has been slightly clipped.
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3F96A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval 4 reales coin of Phillip III to Phillip IV of Spain, dated shield type, minted in Potosi 1617-1652.
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-3F6ACC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval 4 reales coin of Phillip II to Charles II of Spain, shield type, minted in Mexico 1572-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-685596
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Medieval lead ampulla dating from around the 13th to 15th century (c. 1200-1400AD)
The body of the ampulla is circular, measuring 31.3mm in diameter and is decorated on one side with incised radiating lines representing a scallop shell. The reverse has a raised circular feature, measuring 25.1mm in diameter. This side appears to be undecorated although the surface is heavily pitted which may obfuscate any design once present. The neck of the ampulla is funnel shaped and measures 24.3mm long, with a neck opening 22.8mm wide and 15.2mm deep.
The surface patina of the ampull…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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This findspot is known as 'North Gower', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-3F5D2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval 4 reales coin of Phillip II to Charles II of Spain, shield type, minted in Mexico c. 1572-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-3F3277
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval 8 reales coin of Phillip II to Charles II of Spain, shield type, minted in Mexico c. 1572-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-E58541
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a socketed axehead of later Bronze Age date. The fragment comprises the blade and front portion of the axehead, which is 30.05mm in length, with a maximum width of 38.09mm. The cross section is subrectangular, the side profile is triangular and the blade edge is curved. The rear end reveals the hollow interior of the casting. The fragment is heavily abraded and corroded and the cutting edge has been lost.
Created on: Sunday 31st October 2021
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-DEB8F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver roman coin, possibly a denarius dating to AD 41-c.250. The obverse features a right facing bust. The reverse has no extant detail. Only a the bust portion of the coin remains and the legends have been lost.
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-B3D9C3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy post medieval sailmaker's palm guard, or palm iron.
The object is circular in plan (33.4mm diameter) with three drilled lugs protruding 5.4mm from the edge. The back of the object is flat, and the front has a flat rim with a central area that is slightly recessed and gently concave.
The lugs are roughly equidistant. One of the lugs has a notch along the length of the front. There is a 26.3mm distance between the notched lug and each of the two plain lugs. There is 28.1mm between the two plain lugs. The lugs join to a rim (5.5mm high, and variable in w…
Created on: Sunday 16th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D7745D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint knife, possibly dating from the Neolithic period c. 4000 – 2351 BC.
The knife is incomplete, with a surviving length of 46.67mm, a maximum surviving width of 18.16, a maximum thickness of 4.86 mm. It has been worked with scalar retouch along the left dorsal margin, it has a stepped fracture resulting in the loss of most of the right margin. There is retouch on the remaining left ventral margin towards the knife tip. The flint is brown-grey in colour, unpatinated, and non-cortical.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-D7A66E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, possibly a cap or a ferule, of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date.
The object is cup or cap shaped in form. It has a flat top which is broadly circular in plan measuring 17.1mm in diameter. The top features an impressed brown decoration, depicting a bishop’s mitre. The mitre features a design of an elongated cross flanked by two crozier shaped symbols. The sides of the object are of an uneven length, between 9.3mm and 11.0mm, they slope gently outwards from the top to a diameter of 21.5mm at the base. The walls of the object are 2.6mm thi…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-D1D308
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead dating from c. 1275-1150 BC.
Dimensions: length 418.0mm; maximum width of blade 50.2mm; length of blade (excluding basal loops) 282.0mm; length of socket (including basal loops) 136.0mm; thickness of mid-rib (across centre) 16.9mm; external mouth diameter 24.0mm (side to side) by 24.9mm (front to back); internal mouth diameter 20.4mm (side to side) by 22.7mm (front-to-back); minimum depth of socket 265.0mm; weight 420.7g
This is a complete spearhead of bronze, with projecting basal loops. The base of the blade is slightly angled to …
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Swansea Bay', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-62E55B
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy pilgrim badge of 15th to mid 16th century date
The pilgrim badge is complete (with a length of 25.8mm and a weight of 3.0g) but the surface is heavily-worn. The open-work decoration is in cast-relief (with a thickness of 1.8mm) and depicts the annunciation, or the announcement to Mary by the Angel Gabriel that she is to become the mother of Christ. Mary is depicted on the left, seemingly kneeling at a prie-dieu with the folds of dress evident to the sides of the prie-dieu. Mary has her left arm raised to her breast and right arm on the book and with her head…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-230AA9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper alloy Portuguese ceitil of Alfonso V (1438 -1464)
Obverse: features a castle with three turrets, sitting on a three arched bridge with waves beneath, surrounded by a beaded border. The legend reads ALFONQ EDOMINO CEP
Reverse: Shield, legend unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 1st May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A24593
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete lead alloy toy pocket watch, dating from c.1800 to 1900.
The object consists of a lead alloy (pewter or spelter) case, which is circular in plan with an attached hanging loop. Mounted into the front of the object is a circular glass disk which is surrounded by a concave border. The reverse features a design of concentric ridged circles.
The toy watch is dark grey in colour, the glass is sea worn and has a frosted appearance.
This example broadly falls into Forsyth and Egan's Type 12 (Forsyth and Egan, 2005, pages 380 to 383). Similar examples on the PAS Database…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Swansea Bay', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-C87F84
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object of uncertain date, use, and completeness.
The object consists of a spike, square in cross section and tapering to a point, it is 65.5mm long. The top of the object measures 8.51mm by 8.54mm, it is broadly flat but somewhat uneven, possibly suggestive of a break.
The object is a mid-brown colour with areas of uneven green corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-0919A7
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead, of pegged type and of Greenwell and Brewis' (1909, 458-460) Type V. Class V spear heads are ascribed to the Wilburton and Ewart Park phases of the Late Bronze Age, corresponding with Needham's (1996) Periods 6 and 7, dated to 1150 - 750BC.
The spearhead is complete (with a length of 113.8mm and a weight of 67.3g). The socket is near circular (with an external diameter at the mouth of 23.5-24.1mm, an internal diameter of 18mm and a thickness of 2.6mm). The sides of the socket are straight and convergent. The shaft was attached through two ci…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-8A5C25
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe, of likely class 2D Halberton type (Needham 2017) dating to 2400BC - 2200BC.
The axe is near-complete but with significant surface losses, and some corrosion. It has a surviving length of 96.2mm. The original blade edge has been lost and is now moderately rounded, with a surviving width of 51.28mm. From the blade edge the body of the axe gradually narrows in shape and curves inwards. The axe gradually gets thicker in the centre (with a maximum thickness of 9.94mm) and tapers off towards the butt, creating a broadly lentoid profile with sli…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2022
Last updated: Saturday 3rd June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-3A7AD0
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed chisel
The chisel is complete (with an overall length of 103.5mm and a weight of 43.5g). The socket mouth is oval (with external dimensions of 19.6mm x 15.9mm and internally 16.4mm x 12.3mm) and there is no collar or mouldings and there are no attachment holes on the sides of the socket. The sides are near-straight, or slightly concave and the socket faces are straight and convergent to the blade (with a socket depth of 48.2mm). The blade is of rectangular section (15.1mm wide and 5.6mm thick beneath the socket) and the sides are gently convex and divergent to…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F14218
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead of Davis’ (2012)[1] Group 6: Developed side-looped, unclassified (Greenwell and Brewis (1909)[2] Class IV (or socket -looped)) spearheads and of later Arreton, Acton Park, Taunton or early Wilburton metalworking (c. 1500 – 1100BC), of Needham’s (1996)[3] Periods 4-5
The spearhead is near-complete missing one loop and with some damage to the socket mouth (with a length of 94.0mm and a weight of 39.2g). The incomplete socket is sub-circular (with a maximum internal diameter of 13.5mm and an external diameter of 14.5mm - 15.9…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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