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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-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-CF28A6
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment, Late Iron Age copper alloy terret of Simple type, probably of 3rd century BC to 1st century AD date
The terret is fragmentary, represented by an incomplete bar, one stop and the lower part of the hoop (with a surviving length of 44.7mm, a surviving height of 25.9mm and a weight of 11.9g). The bar is of sub-rectangular section (6.5 - 9.8mm wide and 2.6 - 6.0mm thick) and is comparatively unfinished. The stop is of circular section (11mm diameter) with a flat inner end against the bar and slightly bevelled sides towards the hoop. The hoop is of near-circular section (with a…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th October 2014
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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-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-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-92B706
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 14th-century date. The seal is complete (with a length of 21.3mm and a weight of 9.8g). The loop is of quatrefoil form (with a width of 8.5mm). The loop is separated from the handle by a wide horizontal rib (7.1mm wide) flanked by two narrower very slim ribs. The handle is hexagonally faceted, with concave sides flaring to the circular seal die (with a diameter of 20.5mm).
The seal die has an intricate design with the central device depicting a trotting donkey in side profile and facing right (from the impression). A figure (from the inscription…
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2016
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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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Record ID: PUBLIC-6EA0D6
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy harness fitting or terret of strap-mounted type of 1st or 2nd century AD date.
The terret is of simple, double-looped form (strap-mounted) and is complete, but eroded (with an overall length of 41.5mm and a weight of 21.2g). The rein loop is oval (with an external width of 36.5mm and an internal width of 28.2mm and internal height of 24.7mm). The loop is of oval section near the base, becoming circular and thinning at the apex (with a maximum diameter of 6.9mm and minimum diameter of 1.8mm). It is unclear whether the loop has narrowed because of wear through rubbin…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6C9D71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman cast copper alloy contemporary copy of a denarius of Caracalla (AD 198-217), prototype of Mint of Rome and dating to AD 202. Reverse: PART MAX PON TR P V COS, Trophy with two captives. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 222, cf. no. 65
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6B67B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Birdlip variant type and probably of mid to late 1st century AD date
The brooch is near-complete, missing the spring (with a length of 54.4mm, a depth of 18.5mm and a weight of 12.9g). The missing spring was secured around a central, perforated lug at the rear of the head. A slight gap between the base of the head and the lug, suggests that the chord was positioned beneath. The head (18.4mm long including the lug and 13.5mm wide) has elaborate moulded decoration, probably of stylised zoomorphic form. At the rear are two diagona…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6B0E06
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy spoon dating to the second or third century AD. The spoon is incomplete, missing the most of the handle (with a surviving length of 69.8mm and a weight of 7.1g). The spoon has an irregular (asymmetric) pear-shaped bowl (with a length of 48.1mm and a maximum width of 32.9mm, a thickness of 0.6mm and a depth of 7mm). The handle is offset, with an elaborate step (11.4mm deep) of flat section (2.1mm thick). The offset step has a curved underside and a decorative wide notch on the upper and bowl sides. The remnant of the handle is of sub-rectangular section (3.5mm thick …
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6A34D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.l. Plate 48. The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 30.7mm, a surviving depth of 13.0mm and a weight of 18.3g). The spring has been lost and the head is damaged. It is now unclear whether the missing spring was secured by a rearward claw at the head, implying a Dolphin type, or by lateral lugs suggesting a Polden Hill type. The corroded wings (with a surviving width of 24.9mm) are stubby and of D-shaped section…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6A19F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands, Mackreth 2011, 4.c).
The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 29.1mm, a surviving depth of 13mm and a weight of 10.6g). The spring gear has largely been lost but the remnants of 2 coils are still present around a fragmentary iron axis bar. The spring was secured between perforated lateral lugs and the chord is tensioned by a hook at the head (Polden Hill hook type arrangement). The wings have lost one terminal (with a surviving width o…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-69DFA6
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.b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group) type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date.
The brooch is near-complete, missing the spring and the bow is slightly distorted (with a distorted length of 38.7mm, a depth of 15.5mm and a weight of 10.2g). The missing spring was secured between pierced lateral lugs and the chord was tensioned by a lug at the head (Polden Hill, lug type arrangement). Remnant traces of iron corrosion may indicate an iron axis bar was employed. The ends of the wings are…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Saturday 9th September 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-557E96
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to AD 112-4 (Reece Period 5), S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan's column. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p. 264, no. 292.
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Last updated: Sunday 30th October 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-41DCF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin. A contemporary cast copy, probably of a dupondius, probably of Hadrian (AD 117-38) (Reece Period 6), Fortuna seated left. Prototype Mint of Rome. Without an image, the National Finds Adviser cannot comment more, except to say that cast copies of asses with Fortuna seated left were found in the Bath Spring (Walker 1988, plate XXXII, nos. 22-27).
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-419876
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, under Antoninius Pius, (AD 139-61), dating to c. AD 145-7 (Reece Period 7), HONOS COS II, Honos standing left with branch and cornucopiae. RIC III, p. 80, no. 429a.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-40DF72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torfaen
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar under Antonius Pius (AD 139-61), dating to AD 140-44 (Reece Period 7), Rev. PIETAS AVG, priestly implements. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 79, no. 424a.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3F7046
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, an as of Antoninus Pius (AD138-161), dating to AD 154-5 (Reece Period 7), BRITANNIA COS IIII, S C; Britannia seated left. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 142, no. 934. This is a Coin of British Association, many such pieces being found inthe Sacred Spring at Bath (Walker 1988, pp. 294 & 297-8, nos. 73-132 & 136-288).
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3EFA72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius of Septimus Severus (AD193-211), dating to AD 202-10 (Reece Period 10), VOTA SVS[CEPTA XX], Emperor sacrificing at altar. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 129, no. 308.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EBA454
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragmentary Roman silver denarius, possibly of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211), dating to AD 197-8 (Reece Period 10), SALVTI [AVG or AVGG], Salus seated left. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 105, c. nos. 119 & 119A. The initial description stated that this coin was 'possibly Severan' so this is a tentative identification.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
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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-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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