Record ID: NMGW-A8C737
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The finger-ring is intact and of 'fede' type. The bezel comprises a heart, flanked on each side by a four-petalled flower, symbolising the heart sprouting flowers. Above the heart is a three-pronged crown containing four circular perforations. The flowers, hoop and top of the heart have been enhanced with short incised lines. The hoop comprises two integral interlace strands, joining at the rear with clasped hands, symbolising faith or trust. The clasped hands have cuffs, embellished with circular punched marks. Traces of gilding survive over much of the surface of the ring. The fi…
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-2C83F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper alloy coin, House of Valentinian c.AD364-78. Gloria-Romanorvm. Uncertain emporer and mint (? Siscia or Aquileia)
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-DD9436
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, probably of Maximian (AD 286-310), probably dating to AD 290-1 (Reece Period 14), SALVS AVGG, Salus standing right, feeding snake held in arms. Mint of Lyon, Seventh Series. RIC V, pt 2, p. 269, cf. no. 422; Gloucester Hoard (CHRB XIII), p. 107, cf. no. 2042 (23 specimens); Bastien, Le Monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon 285-294, p. 189, cf. no. 410. Worn and pierced. The original record suggested it might have been reused in the Early Mediaeval period.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-4C20B4
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age bronze spearhead fragment of uncertain type and probably from a socketed spearhead of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 750 BC The spearhead is represented by a tip fragment with a surviving length of 44.2mm and a weight of 14.9g. The fragment has a maximum surviving width and thickness at the break of 17.0mm and 9.1mm respectively. The spearhead has a prominent rounded midrib (6.9mm wide and 1.9mm high at the break) which narrows towards the tip. The better preserved side has blade facets with a width of 2.5mm. Deep striations along the blade facets may be the resul…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-D79451
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of wheel type and dating to the late 1st to 2nd century AD The brooch is complete and has a weight of 7.8g. The brooch has a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar, evidenced by iron corrosion over the lugs. The circular brooch frame has a diameter of 34.3mm. The rim of the brooch projects above the surface and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring or felloe is comparatively wide at 6.8mm with two concave panels, forming a central ridge. The inner edge of the felloe has a smaller raised rim. The brooch has four arms of sub- rectangular se…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-B60B35
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate, probably of Allectus (AD 293-6) (Reece Period 14), probably PAX AVG, unclear Pax left. Mint unclear. Heavily worn/holed - unusual in a Roman context, so presumably indicates re-use in Anglo-Saxon times e.g as part of a necklace? This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-0EDE27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4. a-b, flat wing ends type)Dolphin or Polden Hill type and dating to the late 1st - early 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow, with a surviving length of 32.18mm and a weight of 7.4g. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing and secured by Polden Hill type arrangement. The wings are damaged and have a surviving width of 22.14mm. Above the head is the remnant of a broken claw to tension the chord. The bow had a curved moulding at the head, now…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-A56AE4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, c. 2500 – 1500BC The arrowhead is complete, with a length of 29.77mm, a maximum width across the barbs of 24.03mm and has a weight of 2.7g. The arrowhead was made on a flake with minimal working to the ventral face. The flake has a convex profile with a thickness of 4.58mm. The dorsal face has been carefully worked by pressure flaking. The flint has patinated pale-grey.
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2007
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-6B0845
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Marcus Aurelius AD161-80 Sestertius, Rome. Rev: Liberalitas, worn, ...]IMP VII[.... - Liberalitas AVG VI or VII. RIC 1147 or 1150 (AD174-5)
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-68B9B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Roman (AD 25-100) copper-alloy Nauheim-derivative brooch. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and has a surviving length of 51.52mm and a weight of 4.7g. The spring has broken before the first coil, but it is likely that the spring would have coiled twice either side of the head and would have had an internal chord. The bow has a maximum width at the head of 4.40mm with straight sides, which converge towards the pointed foot. The bow is of D-shaped section with a maximum thickness of 3.46 near the head. The upper bow is decorated with a series of oblique incis…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-A747E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver sterling imitation of Edwardian type in the name of John the Blind, King of Bohemia, count of Luxemburg (1309-1346). Crowned obverse (Mayhew 263, legend as 263a-d), dating to 1309-1346. Mint unknown. Mayhew (1983, 106) It weighs 1.23g
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-41AEA2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of uncertain type and of Ewart Park metalworking phase, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to 950 - 750BC. The axe is incomplete, missing the blade, the mouth and loop, giving the axe a surviving length of 80.87mm and weight of 229.0g. The surviving mouth is uneven and irregular because of insufficient bronze to fill the mould during casting. The mouth has an oval profile with external dimensions of 46.95mm x 38.28mm (37.85 x 30.55mm internal). One face is higher at the mouth and appears to be turning out slightly, before it would …
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-08AA25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman radiate of Tacitus (AD 275-276), dating to the period c.AD 275-276 (Reece period 14). PAX AVGVSTI reverse type depicting Pax left holding branch and transverse sceptre. Mint of Ticinum. RIC V.1, p. 341, no. 150; Gloucester cf. no. 721.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2006
Last updated: Sunday 17th January 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-088180
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy radaite of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), PROVID AVGGG, Providentia with globe and sceptre. C Mint, S P//C. RIC V, pt 2, cf. 371. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-7CFAB2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age enamelled copper alloy harness cheekpiece (toggle or slide) of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The cheekpiece is incomplete, missing one terminal and has a surviving length of 77.41mm (originally approximately 91mm) and weighs 38.5g. The surviving expanded terminal is circular with a diameter of 11.6mm. The sides of the bar are concave before expanding to the central box, containing a rectangular perforation, 24.8mm long and 6.5mm wide. The exterior of the box is gently rounded. One face was decorated with inlaid enamel in recessed cells. The decoration comprised t…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-14AA02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Maxentius (AD 306-312), dating to 307-8 (Reece Period 15), CONSERV VRB SVAE. Mint of Ticinum. RIC VI, p. 294, no. 91; Drost, Le monnayage de Maxence, p. 294, no. 20b
Created on: Friday 10th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-1431C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman coin of Constantine I, AD 310-313 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: MARTI CONSERVATORI depicting a bust of Mars facing right. Mint of Trier. RIC VI, p. 227, no. 884.
Created on: Friday 10th March 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-0CF123
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman coin of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. A sestertius struck in Rome under Aurelius and Lucius Verus c. 161-162 AD. It is inscribed [CONCORD AVGVST]OR TR P XVI [COS III] on the reverse. The coin weighs 2.24g, is chipped, slightly worn and corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-615228
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman coin of Carausius. The coin is a radiate aurelianus inscribed SPES PVBL and with a C still extant in the left field. It dates to c. 287-293 AD and weighs 5.72g. This coin is not a published variety - the C in the left field is unrecorded - RIC V, pt 2, p. 498, c.f. no. 411ff. (Recorded in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC).
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-6049B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Theodosius (AD 378-402), dating to the period AD 388-402 (Reece Period 21). VICTORIA AVGGG reverse type, depicting Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded.