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Record ID: PUBLIC-882DE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) half groat, London Privy mark: A (1583-5) 0.69g, worn
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-881A84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver coin James I (1603-25) sixpence for Ireland, first coinage, 1603-4; struck at Tower mint Privy mark: Bell S. 6514 1.74g, worn and pierced
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-87EA84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I half groat, London Privy mark: woolpack (1594-6) 0.74g, corroded and incomplete
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-87DCC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Tetricus I In Gaul (AD 271-4) radiate; uncertain mint and reverse type 1.10g, corroded
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-87B195
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) sixpence, London Privy mark: hand and dated 1590 3.08g
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7509B5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy button of 17th century date The button is of circular, domed form (with a diameter of 27.2mm, a height of 6.8mm and a weight of 10.5g) and has broken across the perforation in the integral shank (with an overall surviving depth of 10.4mm). The button depicts the bust of a post medieval monarch in side profile, flanked on each side by a flower, all in cast relief. The king is depicted with shoulder length hair and is wearing a crown. The rear of the button is hollowed and has minimal finishing. The integral shank is of rectangular section (7.6mm wide and 2.1…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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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-7410B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Mary (1553-4) groat, London 1.83g, worn
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-73FE78
Object type: EWER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, probably of 15th century date The zoomorphic ewer spout is in the form of a dog's head with the spout protruding from the open mouth. The spout is complete (with an overall length of 62mm and a weight of 54.0g) and would have been soldered to the body of the ewer at the curved and convex oval opening (with external dimensions: 45.0mm long and 16.4mm wide). The dog has oval and upright ears, concave across their widths. The snout is represented by a concave depression and there is a prominent ridge across the dog's brow. The dog's eyes are dot defined…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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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-47A235
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to Post medieval copper alloy belt mount and possible purse holder, probably of 15th to 16th century date The mount is complete (with a length of 56.7mm) and is attached to a fragmentary copper alloy chain (with a combined weight of 21.7g). The chain is attached to a circular loop (with a diameter of 15.9mm). The mount has horizontal bars at both ends (giving a maximum width of 15.8mm) containing one or two grooves. The panel between the bars is plain with convex sides. The loop is closed against the rear of the body of the mount (giving the mount a depth of 10.2mm). Th…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-478795
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver coin Edward the confessor (1042-66) cut halfpenny Radiate/small cross type (BMC i) London mint, uncertain moneyer, + G [ ] LVND: 0.47g
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4776D3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin of Middle Anglo-Saxon date, c. mid 7th to mid 9th century The pin is fragmentary, broken across the shaft (and has a surviving lengthy of 33.3mm and a weight of 2.3g). The head is of polyhedral form, and is of faceted-globular shape (with a width of 7.6mm - 8.4mm and a height of 7.5mm). The head is decorated with punched ring-and-dot motif, somewhat irregularly arranged. At the base of the head is a collar moulding. The shaft is circular sectioned (1.8mm - 2.0mm diameter). The surface has a dark-green patina.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th July 2014
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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-474193
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of 14th century date The pendant is of elaborate quatrefoil form and is incomplete, missing the loop (with a surviving and slightly distorted length of 37.0mm and a weight of 11.5g). The loop has broken through the perforation (with a surviving width of 4.5mm and perforation diameter of 1.6mm). The pendant (with a width of 32.3mm and a thickness of 1.8mm - 3.4mm) is enamelled and depicts a central lion passant in a square field of red (gules) enamel. Each of the four-lobes contains a raised fleur-de-lis, which was gilded (or) and the…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4726F3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal, probably of 17th century date The cloth seal is represented by one of the inner discs of a four-part seal (with a length of 39.9mm and a weight of 15.3g). The disc is circular (with a diameter of 37.9mm and a thickness of 1.9mm). The design on the disc depicts an angel facing forward in pleated dress. She is holding a palm branch in the right hand (with extended arm) and possibly an hour-glass in the left hand (with the arm bent at the elbow). The encircling legend around reads: GLORIA IN EXC[ELS]IS. There appears to be a four-petalled flower at the …
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0D5048
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of late 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is complete, but distorted and includes the suspension mount (with an overall distorted length of 54.6mm and a weight of 14.0g). The suspension mount comprises a simple vertical bar (19.6mm long and 7.3mm wide). The mount was attached by an integral rivet (giving an overall depth of 10.1mm). The pendant is hinged between the twin lugs of the mount, secured by a copper alloy axis bar. The pendant is shield shaped (with a distorted length of 43.9mm, a width of 26.5mm and a thickness of…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2017
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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-0CB606
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bracelet fragment, possibly of Roman The bracelet is fragmentary, represented by less than half (with a surviving length of 63.3mm and a weight of 14.5g) and is broken at both ends. The bracelet is of cable type, constructed with three intertwined copper alloy wires. The wires are wound tightly without any space and are of sub-rectangular section (3.9mm wide and 3.1mm thick), producing a bracelet is of rounded D-shaped section (7.8mm wide x 5.9mm thick at one end and 6.7mm wide and 5.1mm thick at the other). The surface has a dark-brown patina and has been recently tre…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0B06F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-one-piece type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch-plate and is distorted (with a distorted length of 45.0mm, a straightened length of approximately 77mm, a depth of 27.1mm and a weight of 6.1g). The missing spring would have been positioned behind wings, which are both bent against the head in opposite directions (with a distorted width for the wings of 11.8mm) and the chord was tensioned above the head with a rearward claw. The bow is of sub-rectangular section near the head (with a width o…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0ACA23
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward I (1272-1307) penny, London Class 9a (c. 1299) 1.25g
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0AA636
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is incomplete, missing the loop (with a surviving length of 29.5mm and a weight of 9.4g). The pendant is square (20.7mm) with a raised knurled rim (4.3mm thick). Within the border is a saltire cross with trefoil terminals in relief. At the centre of the cross is a raised circular pellet (3.7mm diameter). The rear of the pendant is flat with a protrusion at the centre, indicating that the central pellet is a separate pin (5.8mm long). The pendant has some surface preservation with remnant …
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0A7AC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age bronze coin Cunobelin ('Catuvellouni' -North of the Thames) Horseman / helmeted standing figure BMC 1961ff; Mack 244 1.81g, d. - 13.4mm - 15.4mm, th. - 2.3mm
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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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-751557
Object type: BELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bell fragment or looped mount, possibly of Roman date The object is fragmentary (with a length of 23.3mm and a weight of 8.6g). At the apex is an itegral suspension loop (11.4mm high and 14.0mm wide) with an oval aperture (6.2mm x 5.1mm). The loop is of hexagonally faceted section (4.5mm wide and 5.6mm thick). The top of the object is domed and was possibly slightly oval, although little survives (With a surviving length of 25.2mm, a surviving width of 23.4mmand a thickness of 1.9mm). Around the base of the fragments is raised rib. The surface is heavily-pitted and wher…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-74F0A7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fitting of uncertain purpose and probably of Roman date The fitting is fragmentary, broken one end (with a surviving length of 35.8mm and a weight of 11.4g) and comprises a loop at one end (with a depth of 11.2mm, and a thickness of 7.8mm) with a central circular perforation, now filled with iron corrosion(with an internal diameter of 3mm). At the end of the loop is groove, before an arm of sub-rectangular section. The mid-part of the arm has a decorative rib (7.4mm wide). The fitting has broken through another terminal loop, which also has iron corrosion in the centra…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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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-65A606
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver spoon of 18th century date The spoon is fragmentary and represented by the top part of the handle (with a surviving length of 50.7mm and a weight of 13.1g). The stem is of D-shaped section with moderately straight sides, widening slightly towards the apex (with a width at the break of 3.8mm and a thickness of 2.6mm, expanding to 5.6mm and 4.8mm respectively beneath the terminal). There is the suggestion of ribbed decoration below the cherub head knop. The cherub head is crudely cast in the round and is worn (with a maximum width of 15.6mm and a thickness of 8.1mm…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-658BA1
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy dagger hilt fitting, probably of late 14th or 15th century date The hilt fitting is of sub-rectangular form with prominent side knops (giving a maximum surviving width of 34.5mm, a height of 22.3mm and a weight of 20.6g). Both face are convex (giving the fitting a maximum thickness at the centre of 13.5mm) and have vertical ribbed decoration. It is unclear whether the side knops are remnants of the arms of a dagger guard or part of separate hilt fitting. The knops are of rectangular section and are of similar size. One end of the fitting has a recessed, s…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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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-D1C0C5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age axe blade, probably of Middle to Late Bronze Age, c. 1,500 - 700BC The axe is fragmentary, represented by part of the blade edge (with a surviving length of 25.6mm, a surviving width of 30.9mm, a maximum surviving thickness of 10.4mm and a weight of 37.7g). The surviving side is near-straight and slightly divergent to the blade tip (producing a surviving blade width of 30.0mm). The side suggests that the axe was of slightly hexagonal section. The casting seam is evident and has been fettled, seemingly by hammering. The axe faces were gently concave across their widths but s…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D1A4A6
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flint arrowhead of Barbed and Tanged type, c. 2500BC - 1500BC The arrowhead is near-complete, missing one barb and the tip (with a length of 24.9mm, a width of 19.3mm, a thickness of 4.4mm and a weight of 1.5g). The surviving barb is pointed and the tang is sub-square and is probably a 'Sutton' type. The flint is mid-grey and has patinated pale grey to milky-white.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D18A01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of decorative copper alloy plate, probably a fragment of a Roman plate brooch, probably of 2nd century AD date The brooch is represented by a sub-triangular fragment of the edge to near the centre (with a surviving length of 13.5mm, a surviving width of 12.1mm, a thickness of 1.6mm and a weight of 0.8g). The outside edge is circular (suggesting an original diameter of approximately 40mm) and the interior appears to have had three concentric raised borders. The peripheral border forms a narrow outer channel, which was enhanced on both sides with notches. An inner ring contai…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D17333
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead or decorative fitting of uncertain date possibly Late Iron Age or Roman The bead is complete and is of globular form (with an external diameter of 23.1mm -24.4mm and a weight of 27.9g), with gently convex faces producing an oval section (with a thickness of 11.8mm). The sub-circular perforation (4.0mm - 4.9mm) is not central and is cast into the bead, rather than drilled. Both faces are decorated around the perforation; one side has an incised border, in which are incised radiating lines. The other face has an incised border, which is misplaced to produce a cresce…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D15AF3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch probably of late 13th to mid 14th century date The annular brooch frame is complete but has a heavily-corroded surface and the pin is fragmentary, with only the loop represented (having a combined weight of 2.1g). The annular frame (with an external diameter of 24.4 - 25.6mm and internal diameter of 15.8mm) is of flat section (with a thickness of 1.5mm). There is remnant traces of decoration on both faces but very little of the original surface survives. It possible to discern a fragment of a geometric decorative device on one face and a curved m…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D08DC3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, probably of 13th or 14th century date The matrix is incomplete, missing the end of the handle and with some peripheral damage (with a surviving depth of 11.5mm and a weight of 10.9g). The handle is hexagonally faceted (with a width at the break of 5.4 - 5.8mm and 8mm at the rear of the die). The seal die was circular (with a diameter of 24.6mm and a thickness of 2.3 - 3.2mm) but is distorted at the edge. The central device on the die depicts a five-pointed star. The surname on the encircling legend is damaged but the seal appears to read: S ' : I O H ' I …
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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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-CF7051
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy vessel lid from a jug, probably of 1st century AD date The jug is represented by the lid, which is heavily-corroded with extensive peripheral corrosion (with a surviving length of 36.6mm, a surviving width of 30.2mm and a weight of 12.9g). The lid was likely to have been of rounded trefoil form and is slightly convex across its length. The lid appears the gradually thickened to its midpoint (with a maximum thickness of 4.3mm). The start of the looped lug for the hinge is evident (with a surviving depth of 6.8mm). At the centre is a damaged sub-triangular projection…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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