Record ID: NMGW-B6F285
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment made on brown speckled flint, with slight retouuch along both sides.
Created on: Monday 1st December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-B66C51
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Very finely flaked to a clear point, some damage to the tang and one of the barbs. Made on grey unpatinated flint.
Created on: Monday 1st December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-B65496
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Edward I penny; obverse: class 10ab3 coupled with a reverse of class 10ab5.
Created on: Monday 1st December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-B5F7F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Monday 1st December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-B5E532
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy possible contemporary copy of a Roman nummus of Constantine II (AD 317-340), dating to AD 336 (Reece Period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type, depicting two soldiers and one standard. Mint of Lyon. RIC VII, p. 141, no. 276. Original record: Constantine II, Caesar; Nummus, standard type, minted in Lyon but possibly irregular.
Created on: Monday 1st December 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-B5D134
Object type: AWL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy awl, of uncertain date, but probably Roman or Medieval. The awl has a conical point and a square sectioned tang, both sections taper to points. The tang has notches cut into each corner along the length, presumably to act as a key for the handle. The awl is a Manning’s (1985) Type 4b.
Created on: Monday 1st December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-4C6212
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Complete Roman copper alloy seal box, probably of 2nd or 3rd century date. The seal box retains both its base and lid and has corroded shut. The box is lozenge-shaped with small protruding side lugs. The lid is slightly convex and is elaborately decorated with enamel. The decoration is composed of a central whirligig device, probably containing blue enamel. The central device is flanked on each corner of the lid with a pointed leaf containing green enamel. Between each of the leaves is a rectangular cell, also inset with green enamel, possibly a little more turquoise in colour than th…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-344C48
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Henry III cut halfpence, London mint; Long Cross.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-FA7A33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Irregular coin of Caracala or Geta
Created on: Monday 10th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-FA7181
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales.
Created on: Monday 10th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-FA5FC0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales.
Created on: Monday 10th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-FA34B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Roman Republic denarius of M. Cipi M.F.
Created on: Monday 10th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3EF434
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Groat-sized silver coin, possibly a counterfeit of a groat of Phillip & Mary with very crude lettering, of mid 16th century date.
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3ED632
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman Republican silver denarius of L. Iuli bursio
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-178F21
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy pin or stud, probably of Roman date. The head is globular and is near spherical, with a flattened base. Beneath the head is a low collar, 3-4mm long. The shaft is short and of circular section, tapering towards the missing point.
Created on: Monday 6th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F1CC67
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative cast copper alloy handle mount from the butt end of a flintlock pistol dating to the 18th or early 19th century. This is a mount to fit over the bottom and front of the wooden handle of a flintlock pistol. The mount is simply decorated with a concentric series of four mouldings on the butt end. The base of the gently curving projecting arm has a scallop design either side of a double linear moulding with fades or has been worn away near the top of the arm. The mount has broken at apex of the arm, just before the mount thins, where it would have developed into the trigger gua…
Created on: Friday 29th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DBBD23
Object type: BUCKET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete cast copper alloy zoomorphic mount in the design of an ox-head, probably of second to third century AD date. The ox-head escutcheon has hollowed back, used to help fastening by solder to the top-most binding hoop of a wooden stave-bucket (Savory 1964). The features and style of the ox-head can be said to be naturalistic. The flaring snout is rounded with a small ring and dot design for the nostrils, with the dot placed at the lower point of the ring, and an incised line near the base of the mount representing the mouth. The eyes are circular rather than lentoid, and prot…
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-8D3F02
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.f. flat wing ends type), dating from 250-420 AD. The brooch is near complete, missing only the pin and the corroded catch-plate. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, secured by a Polden Hill claw type device. The pin appears to have broken in antiquity and was repaired by crudely wrapping a piece of copper alloy wire around the axis bar. The short wings have expanded ends and the copper alloy axis bar protrudes from the end of one of the wings. The bow is more straight than ‘do…
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-8D3544
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Small Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and dating from the 1st century AD. The brooch is near complete, missing only one of the wings and part of the spring, the bow has distorted near the head. The spring is secured by means of a Polden Hill claw type mechanism, with a copper alloy axis bar. The short wing is expanded at the end and is otherwise plain. The dolphin-like bow has corroded and the decoration is no longer discernible, but is likely to have consisted of raised vertical mouldings, as evidenced on the lower bow. The catch-plate extends to the undefined foot. …
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8D22C0
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy T-shaped brooch of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is complete except for the missing pin but has distorted. The brooch has a hinge mechanism, and is housed in tubular wings. The wings are decorated with two incised lines at both ends. The head has a small chain loop above a sub-rectangular panel. The bow is rectangular in cross section with moulded grooves on each side. The front of the bow is decorated with three raised lozenge shaped outlines with central recesses, which would have contained enamel or possibly stone or glass settings. The catch-plate has a circula…
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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