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Record ID: PUBLIC-EB36D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin House of Constantine nummus GLORIA EXERCITVS; one standard type Irregular copy after AD 335
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EB2F82
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Constaninopolis nummus, c. AD 330-5 Rev. Victory on prow Q - //? Uncertain mint
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EB1F53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Constaninopolis nummus, c. AD 330-5 Rev. Victory on prow ??TRP[ ] = Trier RIC VII Trier 548 (but full mint mark can not be read)
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EB0090
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Constantine I (AD 307-37) nummus BEATA TRANQUILLITAS; altar //STR[ ] = Trier mint, c. AD 321-3
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EAF345
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Possibly a nummus of Crispus Caesar (AD 317-26) Helmeted bust, left Reverse has been rubbed flat for re-use in a non-monetary function
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EAB756
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Aurelian (Aurelianus)(AD 270-5) radiate ORIENS AVG; Sol right trampeling enemy B - //XXIR = Rome mint, Issue 11
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EA9602
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy dagger guard, probably of 18th century date The guard is fragmentary, missing both the arms (with a surviving length of 38.7mm and a weight of 15.2g). The arms were of twisted form and of rectangular section (6mm x 4mm). The central section is oval (19.2mm wide, 23mm long and 6.7mm thick) with a rectangular opening to accommodate the blade (11.6mm x 7.1mm). Traces of gilding survive over some of the surface but much of the applied decoration has been lost. Little survives of the original surface and is now pale brown to pale green.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E95DF8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy brooch terminal, probably from a pseudo-penannular brooch of late 9th to early 10th century date The brooch is represented by the left terminal only (with a surviving length of 40.4mm, a width of 25.3mm and a weight of 8.5g). The broken hoop remnant is convex and has a hollow underside (with a width of 9mm a depth of 2.8mm and a thickness of 1.9mm). The three-dimensional terminal has a circular centre (6.0mm deep), flanked by three peripheral lentoid lobes or crescentic cusps (13-14mm long and 5mm wide), one of which is damaged. The lentoid lobes are separ…
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Saturday 26th October 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D7ADE2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy decorative knife fitting (end stop) probably of late 16th or 17th century date The fitting is complete (with a length of 10.6mm, a thickness of 6.1mm and a weight of 4.6g). The underside has a V-shaped groove to accommodate the top of the knife tang (2.8mm deep). The fitting is of bifid form, with a curving arm projecting from each side (giving a width of 19.1mm) and thinning to the terminals. The terminals are enhanced with grooves. The base of the fitting also has decorative grooves near the base. The knife fitting is unpatinated with a golden-bronze su…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D79714
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The ampulla is fragmentary, missing one face and the side loops (with a length of 52.3mm and a weight of 20.5g). The mouth is expanded (with a width of 22.9mm). Both suspension loops have been lost but remnants survive on the damaged neck. The obverse face is badly corroded but the remnants of ribbing are discernible, describing the scallop-shell motif and representing pilgrimage. The ribs appear to have been fine and widely-spaced, probably of Spencer's (1990, p 59) Type II. The sides of the obverse face are bevelled to t…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D77F20
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post-medievall tin alloy (pewter) spoon, probably of 16th century date. The spoon is incomplete, missing part of the bowl and has a slightly distorted stem (with a length of 155.4mm and a weight of 33.9g). The terminal knop is of flattened spherical form with a protruding nipple. The knop is decorated with a whirligig device in cast relief. The rear of the knop may also have been decorated with a similar motif but is now worn. There is a rib moulding at the top of the stem, before the knop. The stem is of sub-hexagonal section (5mm wide and 4mm thick), becoming D-shaped near the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D60477
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze axehead, probably of Type Migdale (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 35-59) and of metalworking Stage III, Corresponding with Needham's (1996) Period 2, dated to c. 2,300 - 2,050BC The axehead is fragmentary and is represented by the butt end only (with a surviving length of 71.1mm and a weight of 128.0g). The axe thins to the butt, which is convex and is moderately rounded (with a width of 35.2mm). The axe has a sub-rectangular to sub-oval body section, with some erosion of the edges. The faces are gently convex across both their lengths and widths without an…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D5BF14
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of trapezoidal form, probably of mid-14th to 15th century date The buckle frame is complete and the pin is still attached (with a frame length of 14.5mm, overall length of 16.4mm and a weight of 1.6g). The outside edge is widest (at 21.0mm) and has circular decorative knops at each end (of 6.4mm diameter and 2.0mm thick), elsewhere the frame is of D-shaped section (2.4 - 2.8mm wide and 1.4mm thick). There is no notch for the pin on the frame. The pin is of square section and gradually narrows to the point but only thins near the tip. Traces of gild…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D584A5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead seal matrix, probably of 13th century date. The matrix is of long lozenge or pointed-oval form, with a length of 31.0mm, a width of 16.6mm, a thickness of 2.7mm and a weight of 7.5g. It is complete but in two pieces, where the bottom fragment has been repaired by the finder. The rear has a loop at the top (with a length of 9.5mm, a thickness of 3.4mm and giving an overall depth of 7.7mm), with a circular perforation 3.0mm in diameter. The die has a central device depicting an eight-petalled flower within a lightly engraved pointed-oval border. The encircling legend…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 9th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D52E46
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy hollow-cast knobbed mace head of 11th to 14th century date The mace-head appears to be complete (with a height of 39.7mm and a weight of 194.0g). There does not appear to have been a collar or shaft extending from the base and there is no perforation for an attachment rivet on the mace. The shaft-hole perforation is sub-circular (with a diameter at the base of 13.7mm - 16.0mm and a diameter at the apex of 17.2mm -18.7mm). The overall form of the mace head is slightly oval (with maximum dimensions of 50mm x 45.7mm). The knobs are arranged in three rows, with fou…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D50551
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of mid 14th to mid 15th century date The frame is complete and is of oval form with a narrowed, offset bar. The pin is missing and the frame is comparatively small (with a length of 13.5mm, a width of 17.8mm and a weight of 1.1g). The outside edge is of rounded D-shaped section and gradually widens to the central area (with a width of 3.8mm and a maximum thickness of 2.8mm), where the notch for the pin is evident. The bar is narrowed and offset (with a diameter of 1.3mm). Little of the surface survives, where it has a dark green patina, elsewhere the su…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D4D221
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter type (Hull's corpus type 151) and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower part of the leg and the pin (with a surviving length of 51.2mm, a depth of 28.5mm and a weight of 15.9g). The brooch originally appears to have employed an open spring mechanism with the chord tensioned beneath, and the axis bar secured by lateral lugs. The pin is likely to have been repaired, where a flat headed pin was inserted between the coils of the spring and possibly tensioned by resting on the chord. The head is D-shaped (14.5mm wide)…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AE3F12
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate, probably of mid 14th to mid 15th century date The buckle plate is fragmentary and is represented by the front part of a folded sheet plate (with a surviving length of 40.9mm, a thickness of 0.9mm and a weight of 4.0g). The outside edge of the plate had a rectangular slot to accommodate the pin (4.0mm wide). The sides of the plate are straight and near-parallel (with a width at outside edge of 19.3mm and 18.5mm at the inside edge). The plate was secured by four separate rivets, three positioned near the inside edge and one near the outside edge. Th…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AE23D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and probably of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the catch-plate, leg and the pin (with a surviving length of 41.0mm, a depth of 12.9mm and a weight of 8.4g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 26.5mm) of sub-oval section (5.0mm x 4.1mm). The copper alloy axis bar remains in place. The fronts of the wings were decorated with pairs of diagonal grooves. The upper bow is of oval section (with a width at the head of 9.9mm and a thickness of 3.7mm) and has straight sides converging toward…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-ADF9E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of mid 12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is complete but missing the pin (with a length of 20.8mm, a width of 22.7mm and a weight of 3.0g). The buckle has an oval frame with ornate outside edge. The outside edge is widened (at 4.5mm) and comprises a projecting knop at each end, with horizontal ribbing between. The sides are of sub-rectangular section and the bar is off-set and narrowed, of sub-circular section (1.9mm diameter). The rear of the buckle is flat. The surface has a dark brown patina. The buckle can be paralleled with an e…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-ADCD51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg (with a surviving length of 22.1mm, a surviving depth of 9.1mm and a weight of 7.9g). The pin is present but is distorted (with a distorted length of 25.3mm) and is hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 35.5mm). The wings were grooved and ribbed but are now worn; an area of the wing adjacent to the head appears to have a casting flaw. The upper bow is of rectangular section (with a thickness of 3.5mm) and is widest near the head (with a width of …
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AD8B56
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Saxon) copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of 11th century date The sub-triangular mount is near-complete missing the apex (with a surviving height of 46.3mm, a maximum width of 30.9mm and a weight of 22.0g) and belongs to Williams' (1997, p 58-69) Class A, Type 11A mounts. The mount is convex across its length. The damaged apex loop (with a diameter of 3.3mm) is flanked by a decorative moulded scroll at its base. Between the scrolls an oval pellet enters the panel at the top, above and between the beast's mouth. The beast, probably a lion is depicted in cast reli…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AD57E0
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is non armorial and is incomplete, missing a part of one side and the top of the loop (with a surviving length of 34.9mm, a width of 27.0mm, a thickness of 2.0mm and a weight of 4.0g). The damaged loop is perpendicular to the axis of the mount (with a surviving depth of 5.2mm). The pendant is of sub-square form (27mm) and has a raised border, defining a central square (19mm). At the centre is six-petalled flower with central circular knop, both in relief. It is possible that the recessed areas aro…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-98FCE8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin of Julian II as Caesar (AD 355-60), SPES REIPVBLICE, Emperor standing left holding globe and spear Victory standing left holding globe and spear. Mint of Siscia (determined by obverse legend). RIC VIII, p. 378, no. 391.
Created on: Sunday 10th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-709DD4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Henry III (1216-72) 'Long Cross' penny; Class 3b Nicole, London, c. 1248-50
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6F9071
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, a heavily corroded sestertius of Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to AD 103-111 (Reece Period 5), [AQVA TRAIANA, S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C], River God under arched grotto. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p. 278, no. 463.
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6F58C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius of Tiberius (AD 14-37) (Reece Period 1), PONTIF MAXIM, Pax seated right with sceptre and branch. Mint of Lugdunum (Lyon). RIC I, p. 95, no. 30. This coin is sometimes reckoned to have been the Tribute Penny of the Bible. Chipped and worn.
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th October 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6E14F4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval strap-end of Thomas (2003) Class B and of uncertain Type, possibly Type 2 and of late 8th to 10th century date The strap-end appears to be near-complete (with a length of 47.4mm and a weight of 11.4g) but may have lost the upper part of the split terminal. It is possible that the strap-end was modified and reused, leaving a stepped terminal (with a thickness of 2.4mm - 3.1mm). The attachment end is straight, slightly angled and is widest (with a width of 10.7mm). There were three attachment holes to secure the strap, two positioned near the end (2.0mm and 2.2mm diame…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6DE338
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age socketed spearhead of uncertain type and of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 750BC The spearhead is fragmentary and represented by the tip only (with a surviving length of 50.9mm, a maximum surviving width of 23.1mm and a weight of 18.6g). The end of the circular socket is present at the break (where it has a surviving depth of 17.6mm and an internal diameter at the break of 7.0mm). The socket continues along the blade as a prominent and rounded midrib (giving a maximum surviving thickness of 9.2mm at the break), which gradually narrows and thins towards the tip. T…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6D7A53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and the catch and the bow is distorted (with a length of 40.5mm, a depth of 21.0mm and a weight of 7.4g). The missing spring was secured around a central integral loop (or a single pierced lug) at the rear of the head. The trumpet head is oval (12.0mm wide and 9.7mm high). At the top of the head is an integral protruding nipple (giving the head an overall height of 11.7mm), suggesting the brooch employed a swivelling wire chain loop. The upper bow is of …
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6D4272
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy dagger chape, probably of late 14th or 15th century date The chape is near-complete (with a length of 54.2mm and a weight of 11.5g). The chape is constructed of sheet metal (0.8mm thick) with a clear seam and a folded end, now damaged. The mouth is of oval section (26.3mm x 10.1mm) with no faceting; the sides are straight and converge towards the base (13.0mm x 6.7mm). There is a separate applied and soldered (now loose) decorative band (4.4mm wide) positioned beneath the mouth. Beneath the band on both sides are small oval apertures, formed by punching…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6D0474
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic spindle whorl of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval .The spindle-whorl is near circular (with a diameter of 34.4mm) and of sub-rectangular section (with a thickness of 9.3mm) with some damage to the edge. There is slight curvature on both faces (one face is convex and the other concave), suggesting the spindle-whorl is made on a body sherd of a large vessel. The central aperture is circular with parallel straight sides (8.0mm). The pottery fabric is well fired and coarse with quartz inclusions. The pottery may be of Roman or medieval date. The whorl has a weight o…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6CEA52
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy chape, probably of 13th to 15th century date The chape is complete (with a length of 27.0mm and a weight of 4.1g) although the base is damaged. The chape is constructed of sheet metal (1.1mm thick) with a clear seam and a folded end, now damaged. The mouth is of sub-square section (8mm) and no faceting; the sides are straight and converge slightly towards the base (7mm square). The surface is decorated with an incised linear motif, comprising a border beneath the mouth and diagonal lines forming loose chevrons or zigzags. One side differs from the others and…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6CBF72
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin of uncertain date, possibly Early Medieval The pin is fragmentary and is broken along the shaft (with a surviving length of 44.8mm and a weight of 8.4g). The head is of flattened globular form (with a height of 9.9mm and a width of 11.6mm). The flattened top of the head is decorated with an incised cross. The sides have knurled decoration, comprising radiating curved groves. On the top of the shaft, beneath the head are three crude incised, decorative grooves. The shaft is of oval section (with maximum widths of 4.0mm x 4.6mm) with straight sides, converging slig…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6C62F1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, probably of late 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is near complete, with some peripheral damage to the die (with a length of 17.6mm and a weight of 4.5g). The handle has a suspension loop (2.8mm internal diameter) before a collar molding leading to the hexagonally faceted stem, with sides diverging towards the seal die. The die is circular (with a diameter of 18.4mm) and has suffered peripheral loss. The central device is heraldic and depicts a shield with an intersecting horizontal band (fess), the band contains three crosses with floriat…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6C42D0
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, probably of late 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is incomplete, missing the end of the handle (with a surviving length of 12.2mm and a weight of 9.0g). The handle appears to be octagonally faceted, with sides diverging towards the seal die. The die is circular (with a diameter of 20.1mm and a thickness of 3mm) and is distorted and damaged on the edge. The central device depicts a heraldic device, comprising a shield with an intersecting diagonal (Bend running from dexter chief to sinister base on the seal impression) and elsewhere has an internal…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2EC725
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Utilised animal bone of uncertain date The bone is incomplete, missing the proximal end (with a surviving length of 216mm and a weight of 333.6g) and is a metatarsal from a large bovine, probably an auroch. The damaged end of the bone is heavily eroded and worn, with a number of worn abrasions near the end, suggestive of animal gnawing. There is a circular perforation (9.5mm diameter) near the distal end, positioned at the centre and adjacent to the medial trochlea. The perforation is regular and parallel-sided, suggesting it was drilled with a metal bit. Other than the perforation,…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C8C966
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the foot but is distorted (with a distorted length of 22.5mm, a surviving straightened length of approximately 47mm, a distorted depth of 16.4mm and a weight of 6.5g). The pin is hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 25.2mm), which a single incised vertical line near each terminal. There was no chain-loop at the head. The upper bow is of low D-shaped section (with a maximum width of 13.3mm and a thickness of 2.5mm). The sides of the bow are straight and conver…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C8A9C1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Saxon) copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of 11th century date The mount is complete but worn (with a height of 42.9mm, a width of 28.3mm and a weight of 9.1g) and belongs to Williams' (1997) Class A, Type 8 mounts. Mounts of this type of sub-triangular form and this example is somewhat irregular in shape. The terminal is worn but would have depicted a beasts head. There is a perforation (3.1mm diameter) for an attachment rivet beneath the apex. The characteristic looping and bifurcating mouldings are discernible but also much worn. The base of the mount is sligh…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2011
Last updated: Sunday 13th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C883C5
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post medieval copper alloy looped fitting The fitting is complete (with a length of 25.2mm, a depth of 8.0mm, a thickness of 1.5mm and a weight of 2.2g). The fitting resembles a fish shape with a sub-triangular terminal (giving the fitting a maximum width of 12.3mm) and is gently convex across its width. On the rear (near the pointed end) is an integral, circular sectioned loop (8.2mm wide, 1.8mm diameter and 6.4mm high) defining a circular aperture (4.4mm diameter). Little of the original surface survives on the fitting and no applied decoration is discernible. The s…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2011
No spatial data available.