Record ID: NMGW-91C84C
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy suspension fitting of Medieval to Post Medieval date, possibly from a sword belt (Mark Redknap, Pers. Comm.). The loop is cast in one piece, which has been bent in half so that the two perforations line up to allow a now missing part to pass through. The perforations are through an expanded circular section of the fitting, with simple mouldings on the inner side of each, terminating in simple lobed knops. There is a casting line running centrally along the length of the bar and traces of white metal surface treatment visible. The metal surface is brown in colour and…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: SUR-DB8A28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily clipped and extremely worn silver coin of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), probably a sixpence. Coronet initial mark and dated to 1568. As North (1991), p134, number 1997.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2022
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Record ID: SUR-DB61DC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), coronet initial mark and dated to 1567. As North (1991), p134, number 1997.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2022
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Record ID: SUR-DB43C9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver shilling of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), first issue, Martlet initial mark dating to 1560-1561. North (1991) page 133, number 1985.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-F57082
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post-medieval farthing token issued by the city of Bristol in 1652. Obverse: a ship sailing from a port in the tower of a castle, * THE • ARMES • OF • BRISTOLL. Reverse: C B / 1652, * A • BRISTOLL • FARTHING. Williamson (1889: 241)
Created on: Monday 12th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-600CEC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast lead seal matrix of Medieval date (c.13th or 14th century AD). The object is sub-circular measuring 23.3mm long, 20.9mm wide, with a max thickness of 3.5mm thick. The seal has a quatrefoil type foliate design in the centre. The circumferential inscription reads + SIGILL • ROBERTI • […] L •. Although much of the surname has been lost to old damage, the letters appear to form SOREL or some variation of the common surname in the Medieval period. The reverse depicts a moulded fleur-de-lis with the base accomodating an integraly cast suspension l…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-60FC37
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy buckle and plate of Medieval date (c.AD 1250-1400). The buckle is cast and the plate is of sheet manufacture with a total length of 41.8mm. The frame is a single loop D-shaped type (measuring 19.4mm long x 18.1mm wide x 4.1mm thick) with two lobed knops with an oval section constriction/pin rest between them. The frame has a narrowed recessed bar and the the pin is missing, and it would seem likely that there was originally a roller on the outside edge between the two knops. The plate is constructed from a single piece of sheet copper alloy bent around the…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-39C896
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near-complete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Developed T-shaped type and subclass of Hull type T105-111, T119-120, T122, T126-129, T132, T141-142; Mackreth 2011, CD H 2.a2. no. 2215; Bayley and Butcher 2004, 167, fig. 138. The brooch is mostly intact with an overall length of 44.6mm. The sub-cylindrical wings span 21.4mm in width and are 3.9mm diameter at the ends and widen towards the head (where the dimensions are 6.3mm deep x 5.0mm thick). The wings are decorated with three equidistant incised grooves along the front but do not extent to the top, botto…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A15CB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped silver, probably foreign, coin, of uncertain date but probably medieval to post-medieval. Most of the coin is worn blank but near one edge of both faces shows symbols or lettering, possibly a non-Western script.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7EFFA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy mount of late Early Medieval to Medieval date, likely dating from the 11th to earlier 13th century in date. The mount is complete apart from the two non-integral rivets, which survive as stumps. The mount is flat in section (excepting the rivets) and roughly a wide shield shape in plan, with a near flat top and sides that curve smoothly down to the lowest point. The top edge of the mount is very slightly concave and measures 29.4mm between its rounded corners. The sides curve out slightly below the top corners giving the maximum width of the mount (30…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7ECBDA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy seal matrix of Medieval date (c.1300-1400 AD). The matrix is of conical form with hexagonal facets and is missing the rim of the die as well as the upper part of the handle. The central device is in the form of a stag, deer, or hart, standing or running left, roughly but competently carved with a tail, four and hind legs, and large branching antlers set within a circular field. The legend is largely obliterated, with a mullet initial mark at 12 o’clock. The only discernable characters of the inscription are the first and penultimate letter…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7C1C3A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold medieval quarter noble of Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty Period, Series B, Cross 1 initial mark, minted in London, 1351 (North 1141). Damaged edge but complete.
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-80BFAB
Object type: EAR RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy finger ring or unfinished earring of Roman date (AD 43-410). The object is circular in plan (max external diameter 21.7mm, internal 18.8mm) with a narrow band measuring 1.3mm wide at the narrowest point that gradually widens and thickens towards the top. The top of the ring (or bottom, if an earring) is decorated by a moulding (D-shaped in section) covering half of the ring and reaches its thickest/widest point at the apex where it measures 3.4mm wide by 3.2mm thick. The moulding is decorated by diagonal incised lines creating a ‘wave’ affect. I…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-57680E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A leg fragment from a large cast copper alloy vessel, probably a cauldron, posnet or skillet likely of 16th century date, but potentially of late Medieval to Post Medieval date (c. 1300-1700 AD).  The fragment is incomplete, with the end of the leg missing and the upper portion ending in a break where it joined the body of the vessel. The leg has a surviving length of 93.6mm, width of 60.3mm, and thickness of 28mm, and weighs 293.6g. The surviving portion of leg has a sub-rectangular section excepting the robust 12.3mm wide midrib running down the centre of the flat front face. …
Created on: Monday 18th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-574621
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to AD 310 (Reece Period 15). SOLI INVICTO COMITI reverse type, depicting Sol, chlamys falling from left shoulder, standing left, raising right hand and holding up globe with left hand. Mint of London. RIC VI Londinium 121a.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-543FF9
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dimensions: surviving length 67.2mm; max. surviving width of blade 12.4mm; max. thickness 8.9mm; surviving internal diameter of socket 6.2mm; depth of socket (partially blocked by soil) 18.9mm; surviving weight 10.6g Middle Bronze Age spearhead, probably of Davis’ (2012) Group 6; Developed side-looped and dating to the later Arreton-Wilburton phases (c. 1600-1100 BC). This is the blade fragment of a socketed spearhead, broken across the socket/blade junction. The spearhead is relatively short in length, with a narrow and flame-shaped blade. The blade has a lozenge-shaped cross…
Created on: Monday 18th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-DD6B17
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy object, probably a hanging-bowl escutcheon of Early Medieval date, broadly dating from the 6th to early 8th century AD. The object consists of a flat plate once circular with an original diameter of c. 26.6mm, now with damaged edges, and has the 13.7mm wide broken stump of a projection (with a maximum incomplete length of 3mm). The obverse of the object is flat in profile, rising slightly at the thickened lowest point on the plate. The reverse is slightly concave from the projection to the base, which are opposite one another. The projection is a small…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-0B04E8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date. The cast seal matrix is of faceted handle form with a circular die (with a length of 28.8mm and a weight of 11.8g) and is near-complete but heavily-corroded. At the apex of the handle is the attachment loop, originally of lozenge form, now worn (8.0mm wide) with a circular perforation (3.5mm diameter). At the base of the loop is a triple ribbed moulding on the hexagonally faceted handle, which widens to the sub-circular die (20.7mm – 22.0mm diameter). The seal die is corroded and the detail is no longer clear but a…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-03CC88
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine (AD 306-337), dating to the period AD 327-8 (Reece period 16), mint of Trier. PROVIDENTIAE AVG G reverse type, with town gateway with two towers. The coin is in good condition.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-03C661
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill type brooch and of 1st-2nd century AD date. The brooch is missing the pin, foot and most of the catch-plate resulting in an overall length of 47.3mm. The wings are oval in section and span a width of 26.1mm and terminate in raised moulded wing caps (8.9mm x 9.9mm) flanked by small moulded and incised ribs. The same mouldings are repeated in the centre of each wing. The reverse of the wings are open to the spring mechanism which is held by a central axis bar perforating the wing caps (the wings measure 8.9mm x 7.9mm…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
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