Record ID: PUBLIC-0ED382
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy strap-end of crescentic type and of 15th century date The strap-end is incomplete, missing the openwork sub-triangular terminal (with a surviving length of 32.9mm and a weight of 14.6g). The surviving part of the strap-end is oval (with a width of 34.2mm) and comprises an elaborately decorated front plate (2.6mm thick) and attached sheet back plate (1.2mm thick, with a maximum depth of 5.9mm). The strap-end was attached by two iron rivets at the apex, near the terminals of the crescent; at least one copper alloy rivet is evident on the front plate. The pl…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0EAF86
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Candle push-up ejector handle . The shank is threaded to screw into the wooden ejector, which fitted inside the stem of the candlestick. The stem was slotted to allow vertical movement of the handle and ejector. John Caspall in, Fire and Light in the home pre-1820 (Antique Collectors' Club, 2000) explains that this trefoil shape is 'an early eighteenth century introduction. The handle is fragmentary with a surviving length of 36.0mm and a weight of 3.4g. It is of trilobed form (with a width of 19.5mm and a length of 21.7mm) and incorporates three circular holes (6.7mm diameter), At…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0E6A93
Object type: TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval floor tile fragment probably of 14th century date The fragment is a corner from a square tile with straight sides (with a surviving length of 97.5mm, a surviving width of 75.6mm, a thickness of 23.8mm and a weight of 227.8g). The corner of the tile has two-colour decoration, with the white clay slip applied with a 'slip-on-impression' technique (approximately 1mm deep). The surviving decoration forms a white cross with expanded terminals, probably forming a grid with cusped quatrefoil openings set squarely against a black background. A white swirl in the corner of the t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
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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-A66B17
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a medieval silver penny, worn and clipped. Probably dating from the late 13th - 15th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A64F58
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy token 'Royal' farthing token Charles I (1625-49), 'Richmond' type, 1625-34 0.38g
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A64526
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy token Probably a 'Royal' farthing token from the time of Charles I (1625-49), perhaps a contemporary counterfeit 0.33g
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A61061
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy farthing trade token issue by John Seymor of Wantage (then Berkshire) dating to the period AD 1648-1672. Williamson (Berkshire) no. 158.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A5B2F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward IV, 1st reign (1461-70) light coinage, 1464/5-70; Groat, Norwich North 1582 3.03g
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Sunday 6th October 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A568D8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount, probably of 16th or 17th century date The mount is fragmentary (with a surviving length of 30.5mm a width of 25.6mm, a thickness of 3.0mm and a weight of 4.9g) and depicts a floral motif. One remnant stub for attachment survives on the rear. The surface has been lost and is now pale to mid brown with remnant traces of pale green patina.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A55047
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy purse frame, probably of 15th to 16th century date The purse frame is fragmentary and both of the terminals have been lost from the bar (with a surviving length of 54.4mm and a weight of 17.7g). The bars are downward turned and of D-shaped section at the break (7.4mm x 4.5mm). Either side of the central block are beasts' heads, simply formed by moulded faceting. The beasts are biting on the emerging bars. The central block is sub-rectangular (9.9mm high, 12.8mm wide and 7.5mm thick) and no decoration survives on either face. The perforation through the bl…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2018
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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-A4E201
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern gold finger-ring of 18th century date The finger-ring is of seal type and is complete (with an overall length of 23.4mm, a maximum width of 21.2mm and a weight of 10.7g). The hoop is of D-shaped section, with straight parallel sides (with a width of 3.3mm and a thickness of 1.5mm) and appears elongated, producing an oval internal profile (20.1mm x 18.5mm). The underside of the bezel has rounded facets either side of the centre, one of which is stamped with a trefoil maker's mark. The bezel is oval (17.7mm x 15.1mm) and has a recessed punched rope motif. At the centre of the …
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A48044
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper alloy Key Copper alloy tumbler lock slide key with six square teeth. A simple, almost crude, flat rectangular handle expands slightly to form a crude suspension loop. The handle and shaft is decorated only on the front face. Bands of vertical incised lines are defined by horizontal grooves. Just below the loop there are tree such bands: two very narrow ones, with a wider one between them. At the other end of the handle there is only one narrow band, along the bottom edge, with a wide band above. The shaft is decorated by three transverse ridges at the handle end and two…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9291E8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger-ring, possibly of Roman date, c. 3rd century The finger ring is fragmentary and is represented by the bezel and adjacent hoop only (with a surviving length of 14.8mm, a surviving depth of 6.1mm and a weight of 1.8g). The hoop is of sub-rectangular section and is comparatively narrow and thin (2.7mm wide and 1.9mm thick). The integral circular bezel (9.8mm diameter and 3.3mm thick) is differentiated from the hoop by a slight stepped moulding around the side. The bezel is decorated with an impressed design, now worn and corroded, comprising a cross formed by shallo…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-924E02
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative copper alloy terminal or handle of uncertain date, possibly post medieval The item is part of a composite object (with a length of 35.9mm and a weight of 8.4g). The object is hollow and contains remnants of a shaft, probably of wood. The mouth is now distorted and closed (with a length of 14.2mm and a compressed thickness of 4.2mm). The object then narrows before flaring out at the rounded and thickened end (with a maximum thickness of 10.6mm). The object has a corroded perforation on one side and one face has a decorative incised border, now worn. The surface is dark grey…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-918A27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Dolphin type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the end of the pin (with a length of 78.3mm, a depth of 23mm and a weight of 23.8g). The pin is hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 33.3mm) of oval to circular section (6.4mm - 7.3mm diameter). The axis bar is of copper alloy and secures the sub-triangular pin head (10mm wide and 2.2mm thick). The circular-sectioned pin gradually thins to the break (with a maximum diameter of 3.3mm and minimum diameter of 2.2mm). The fronts of the wings are decorated near the termina…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7BE2B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy pin terminal from a brooch, probably of penannular or pseudo-penannular type and of 8th or 9th century date The pin is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 20.0mm, a maximum surviving width of 17.2mm, and a weight of 3.3g). The head is of sub-triangular form although the periphery is corroded and some of the detail has been lost. There appears to have been three lentoid lobes or crescentic cups, two of which survive. The central panel is circular (11.3mm diameter) and is recessed. Within the circular panel is a simple i…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7BB6A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Irregular nummus, copying Constans / Constantius II VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN; Two victories type //TRP = Trier, c. 340's RIC VII Lon 198 1.52g, corroded
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2021
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