Record ID: PUBLIC-74C930
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy vessel escutcheon, probably second or third century AD The escutcheon is complete and comprises a robust attachment plate and integral loop (with an overall length of 66.0mm, a depth of 24.0mm and a weight of 107.2g). The leaf-shaped plate (47.6mm long, 48.6mm wide and 11.1mm thick) has five projecting points the top two of which, have flattened tops to depict a vine leaf. The top edge is concave and rounded while the other four sides are angular and two projecting points. The face is convex with no surviving applied decoration and the rear of the plate is slightl…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-490AF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius (broken half) of Nero (AD 54-68), dating to AD 65-67 (Reece Period 3), SALVS, Salus seated left holding patera. Mint of Rome. RIC I, pp. 153-4, nos. 60 / 67. 1.53g,
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-47C8D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill sub-group (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 1.b1, enamelled panel on upper bow, and on tapering lower bow, flat wing ends type).150-250 AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a length of 48.6mm, a depth of 14.6mm and a weight of 8.3g). The spring remains in place, wound around a copper alloy axis bar and secured between perforated end lugs and the missing chord was tensioned through a lug or crest at the head (Polden Hill lug type arrangement). The ends of the wings are circular and elliptical and…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-475844
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy cable bracelet with three twisted copper alloy wires. The wires are wound tightly without any space and are of sub-triangular section (2.8mm wide and 1.9mm thick), producing a bracelet is of oval section (with a maximum width and thickness of 5.3mm x 5.2mm at the centre and 4.1mm wide and 2.8mm thick at the terminals). The terminals are simple and undecorated with the strands feathered (and a gap of 8mm). One of the strands has broken at the mid section. The surface has a dark-brown patina and has been recently treated. The bracelet is complete and is comparatively …
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0D3C71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Published
Roman base silver coin Cast counterfeit denarius in base metal of Elagabalus (AD 218-22) (Reece Period 10), Reverse: FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated left. This type was struck at Rome (RIC IV, pt 2, p. 34, no. 81) and Antioch (p. 43, no. 189). Without an image, a prototype mint cannot be ascertained (Sam Moorhead, 24 9 2016). 2.80g
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Saturday 24th September 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-752158
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman Republic silver denarius of the moneyer Mn. Acilius III Vir. Mint of Rome, 49 BC. Obverse.: SALVTIS; Laureate head of Salus right Rev.: MN ACILIVS, III VIR VALETV; Valetudo standing left, holding snake and resting left arm on a column 3.41g RRC p. 461, no. 442/1
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-749A73
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy vessel foot, probably of 1st to 2nd century AD date The foot is complete but corroded (with a length of 53.8mm, a width of 14.8mm and a weight of 23.2g) and is of pelta shape, with protruding knops near the ends. The foot is of sub-rectangular section (8.2mm thick). The circumference arc of the outside edge would suggest that the vessel had a radius at the base of 45mm. The foot is enhanced on one side with an incised border next to the edge and the face has a groove at the centre of each of the ends. The vessel foot has a dark green surface patina, where it surv…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-644CF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, a corroded as or dupondius of the late 1st or 2nd century, probably of Trajan (AD 98-117) (Reece Period 5). Reverse indecipherable. Probably Mint of Rome. 8.32g, corroded
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CFAE53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of flat wing ends type and dated from AD 80-120. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 29.1mm, a surviving depth of 9.1mm and a weight of 3.5g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs and the chord was tensioned by a lug at the head. A broken fragment of the copper alloy chord remains within the lug and has broken comparatively recently. The wings are complete (with a width of 15.0mm), and are without discernible decoration. The bow is circular sectioned (with a diameter o…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CF85D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.e, flat wing ends type) and dated AD 80-120. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, catch and foot (with a surviving length of 59.1mm, a depth of 15.3mm and a weight of 8.1g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs with the chord tensioned by a lug on the head. The semi-cylindrical wings are near-complete (with a width of 18.7mm) and were decorated with a double incised line near the ends. The lug at the head is positioned below the top of the bow. The bow is comp…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CEF6D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands, Mackreth 2011, 4.h) and of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow (with a surviving length of 30.3mm, a surviving depth of 12.0mm and a weight of 6.9g). The missing spring mechanism was secured between lateral lugs at the end of comparatively short wings, one of which has been lost (with a surviving width of 19.2mm). Any decoration on the wings has been lost. The rear of the head is hollow and contains casting debris. A stub a…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4D7253
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, a sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61) (Reece Period 7). Reverse: Libertas. Mint of Rome. 15.02g, very corroded. Without an image, the National Finds Adviser is not able to edit further.
Created on: Friday 12th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 24th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3C7FC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver coin, probably a heavily-worn Roman Republican denarius but with no surviving detail. 2.8g. In many cases, the most heavily worn Roman denarii are the legionary issues of Mark Antony, struck 32-31 BC.
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A6AFD6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman Republican silver denarius of unclear moneyer, dating to the 2nd-1st centuries, probably c. 140-100 BC. Mint of Rome. Helmeted head of Roma right / Quadriga. 2.58g, corroded or possibly burnt
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A53256
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type 2/3, Group 2.b2, flat wing ends, Plate 45)and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 11.2mm and a weight of 4.4g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now lost, which was secured between perforated lugs at the ends of the semi-cylindrical wings (with a width of 36.4mm and a thickness of 3.7mm), in a Polden Hill type arrangement. At the top of the head is a stub, possibly from a hook to secure the chord…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A4F8C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 1.d). The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 23.4mm, a surviving depth of 17.8mm and a weight of 11.0g). The spring remains in place and is made of iron and wound around an iron axis bar. The spring is secured by lateral lugs, one of which has been lost (giving the wings a surviving width of 31.9mm). No decoration survives on the fronts of the wings. The upper bow is of oval section (with a width at the head of 9mm and a …
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-289735
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.c, flat wing ends type, Western Group), type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 26.5mm, a surviving depth of 14.2mm and a weight of 7.7g). Half of the spring remains in place, around a copper alloy axis bar and secured between perforated end lugs and the chord tensioned through a lug at the head (Polden Hill lug type arrangement). The ends of the wings are elliptical and are angled inwards slightly (with a win…
Created on: Friday 29th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-93D747
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin Carausius In Britain (AD 286/7-93) radiate PAX AVG, unmarked issue The National Finds Adviser has enlarged the record on the ground of provision of reference RIC 880. The image of the coin does need to be added. S.M. 6 Jan 2012
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7FD7C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver radiate of Trajan Decius (AD 249-51) (Reece Period 12), VBERITAS AVG, Uneritas standing left holding purse and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, p. 123, no. 28b
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7FC672
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver radiate of Gordian III (AD 238-44), dating to AD 241-3 (Reece Period 13), VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing right holding club and lion-skin. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 3, p. 25, no. 95.
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2011
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
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