Record ID: LVPL-7648BE
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy rowell spur dating to the post medieval (c.AD 1600-1750) The remains of the spur is comprised of the rear half of each arm, the neck and rowel box with terminals are still surviving but the rowel itself is missing along with the side terminals. The arms are D-shape in cross-section and are at their widest point at the neck of the rowel box and gradually taper towards the missing terminals. The neck is sub-rectangular in shape and is split through middle to accommodate the box terminals on either side. The terminals are placed perpendicular to the box. The ob…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-5D4C17
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  Post-Medieval silver sixpence of James I (AD 1603-1605). Second coinage, rose initial mark and dated 1605. London mint. As North Vol.II, No.2102/3 Dimensions: Diameter 26.6mm, Weight 2.81g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: GLO-224625
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn silver denarius of Antoninus Pius (138-161). Minted in Rome and dated to 140-143. RIC 63 Obverse: laureate head right ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS P P] TR P […] Reverse: Clementia standing holding patera and sceptre [CLE]MEN[TIA AVG] There are two holes that have been drilled either side of the bust (the right hole is truncated) for attachment or suspension. Also, a further small circular depression has been drilled into the centre of the coin, on the obverse side. These holes have been drilled to allow this coin to perform a different purpose such as a pendant, jew…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-D97664
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy posy ring dating from c. 1600 to 1700 AD. The hoop is broadly circular in plan (it is slightly bent out of shape) and is shallow D-shaped in cross-section. There is a central vertical seam which stands proud of the rings surface. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: I LIVE IN LOVE, in Roman uppercase lettering. The terminal of the letter I splits into two curving serifs. There is no maker’s mark. The ring has corrosion to its surface rendering it a dark reddish brown colour. There are no visible remains of silvering or gilding.
Created on: Saturday 3rd February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 4th February 2024
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Record ID: WREX-90A174
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Description The ring is a memento mori ring with a flat bezel in the form of a central square, each side having a projecting semi-circular lobe engraved with a leaf, to form a quatrefoil design. The outer surface of the bezel square is engraved with a death’s head (a skull), inlaid with traces of white enamel, surrounded by the inscription: + Memento Mori, in small neat italic script. The shoulders are cast with scrolls in green enamel, with white enamel ‘stems’ below. Much of the inscription and engraved design remains infilled with soil, and it is not clear whether…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carreghofa', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6A69D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver denarius of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) dating to 13 BC (Reece Period 1). Overse: AVGVSTVS, Head of Augustus bare, right; behind, lituus. Reverse: C MARIVS CF TRO IIIVIR, quadriga right carrying palm. Mint of Rome. RIC (second edition) Augustus 399.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-5611B4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete enamelled copper alloy harness fitting (toggle or cheek-piece) of late Iron Age to early Roman date, broadly 1st century AD, but probably more specifically to around the Roman campaigning period in Wales (47-78AD), broadly c. 60-80AD (Davis and Gwilt 2008, pg.164). The toggle is complete with the exception of minor damage to its terminals and enamel inlays. The toggle has a length of 117.2mm comprising a central perforated section tapering at each end into two circular sectioned arms, which in turn expand to the circular sectioned flat-ended terminals. The central section i…
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: WMID-194210
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sub-rectangular buckle of Post-Medieval date, circa AD 1720-1790. The buckle frame is sub-rectangular in plan with rounded corners. The separate drilled spindle, chape and pin are missing. Both faces are undecorated. The buckle curves upwards in the centre. It measures 32.6 mm in length, 28.8 mm wide and 3.7 mm thick. It weighs 2.9 g. The buckle has a mid green colour surface patina. Abrasion in the plough soil has resulted in the loss of detail. Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead (1996: p.104). These types of r…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-CDE50B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy flat axe of undeterminable type, dating from c. 2200 to 1800 BC. The axe is incomplete due to surface loss. It has a surviving length of 76.79mm. The blade end is crescentric in shape, it has a surviving blade width of 44.79mm.  From the blade, the body of the axe narrows in shape, and terminates in a rounded butt. The axe is broadly lenticular when viewed in profile, although heavy corrosion has altered its shape. The axe has a heavily textured surface caused by corrosion; it is copper-green in colour with areas of reddish brown…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-23694B
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worn annular glass bead of unknown date.  The globular annular bead is slightly bi-conical and irregular in form. The perforation (4.86mm in diameter at widest point); is predominantly circular but with a straight edge (2.21mm long) on one side. The glass is opaque and pale blue and appears speckled as the matrix is full of bubbles, the outside surfaces pitted with occasional voids from larger bubbles. The surfaces are worn.  Measurements: diameter: 13.78mm; thickness: 9.06mm and weight: 1.46g.  Blue glass beads are often thought to be R…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-7E7AC9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy trumpet brooch of Roman date (c.75-175). Mackreth (2011:85) No 5212, type 1.3a2. The Brooch has a rounded head, on the reverse is which is where the pin would have been attached, all that remains of this is a sub rectangular projection. The curved bow projects downwards from the rounded head and has three raised bands, the largest of which being the central band. Below the lowest band there is a break. The brooch has developed a green patina. Dimensions: Length 25.7mm, Width 12.7mm, Weight 7.61g.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-3D3E45
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy suspension loop from an early post medieval purse bar, 33.3mm in length, comprising a sub-triangular loop and a trapezoidal block with flattened oval cross section. The attachment shaft to the bar has broken away.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-3D0081
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet metal cruciform hooked mount of probable post medieval to early modern date, possibly from a book cover, casket or piece of furniture. The object has three pointed trefoil arms, each with a central hole for a rivet; the tip of the right-hand arm has broken across the rivet hole. The shaft of the cross is in the form of a long strip, 7.8mm wide, with a hole for the rivet in the middle at the top and the terminal bent into an s-shaped hook with a pointed tip. In the centre of the object is a small engraved device of a disc comprising six concentric circles.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
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Record ID: WMID-C0B6F8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy probable lid for a small vessel or similar artefact, probably of Post Medieval dating (AD 1700 to AD 1900). The lid is conical in shape, with a circular hole at the top. This has an internal diameter of 11.0 mm. A triangular shaped vertical handle is present at the opposite side to the rectangular hinge. Two attachment lugs are still present, with an iron axis bar between them. The inside is concave with a lip at the base. It is 21.5 mm wide, 30.9 mm thick and 10.1 mm tall. It weighs 7.47 g. The lid is a mid grey colour, with an even surface patina.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-97B82D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn copper alloy halfpenny "Conder" token issued in Lanarkshire / Glasgow and dated 1791. Obverse: City coat of arms consisting of a tree in full leaf, with a bird on it, a bell hanging from it, and a salmon half way up it, LET GLASGOW FLOURISH·. Reverse: Recumbent river god leaning on overturned pitcher representing the source of the Clyde, date in exergue, NUNQUAM ARESCERE / MDCCXCI.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: WMID-8490C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and fragmented Medieval coin, of unknown ruler. Quatrefoil at the centre of long cross. York Mint. 
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-841C8D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and extremely worn and corroded Roman copper alloy sestertius, dupondius or as of an uncertain 1st or 2nd century ruler. Uncertain reverse type or mint.
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-8391AE
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and incomplete copper alloy spur of later post medieval date. The rowel box is 12.2mm wide and slightly curved in side profile. The slot for the rowel is partially infilled by rusted iron and indicates that the rowel was small, with a maximum diameter around 20mm. The spur arms have a lenticular cross section and both are incomplete. 
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: WMID-8311D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman radiate of Probus (AD 276-282), dating to the period c.AD 276-282 (Reece period 14). SOLI INVICTO reverse type depicting Sol radiate in a spread quadriga, right arm raised, left hand holding whip. Mint of Serdica. cf. Gloucester no. 1598; RIC V.2 no. 864.
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: WMID-2E295B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (r. AD 1216 - 1272). Class 5g, dating to AD 1258-1265. Moneyer ALEIN. Minted in Canterbury. North 997.
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
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