Record ID: NMGW-7B74AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Initial T-shaped type of Hull T104 and of 1st-2nd century AD date. The brooch has a total overall length of 54.0mm (object depth 15.2mm). The pin is hinged within tubular wings (width 20.6mm, diameter 4.3mm) decorated with a pair of transverse incised grooves at the wing terminals. The bow is D-shaped in section with straight-sided side mouldings (8.0mm wide at the top of the bow) and a moulded central rib within a narrow recessed panel (grooves on either side) runs the length of the upper bow and is enhanced with incised horizontal not…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-7B6F89
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Hod Hill type, panel without side lugs, dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is missing the pin and portion of the catch plate (total length 33.7g). The wings are sub-oval in plan, perforated by a copper alloy axis bar, spanning a width of 13.0mm. A rectangular pin slot in the back accommodated a hinged pin, now missing. The bow is D-shaped in section and decorated with moulded transverse ribs of alternating size: going down the bow, the first is small and decorated with small notches; followed by a more prominent rib (4.1mm thick x 6…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A13DB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper alloy Hod Hill type brooch of Roman date (c. AD 43-70). The brooch is complete except for the rolled edge of the catchplate and the missing axis bar and pin the bow is also distorted slightly. The brooch is probably of Mackreth’s (2011) Hod Hill type 1.a1a. The 10.1mm wide head is rolled, bifurcated, and expanded, narrowing to 4.9mm wide before joing with the top of the flat bow, which expands to 7.1mm wide above the wings. The upper bow hasis decorated by three parallel ridges running 13.2mm from the head to a transverse flute and ridge separating th…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-91AFC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative with Trumpet-style knop brooch,of Roman date (c. AD 98-138). The brooch consists of the foot, catchplate and part of the bow, which ends in a break. The bow at the break is roughly flattened rectangular in section with the lower part of a rectangular single cell, which would have contained enamel. Below this cell, the bow narrows and thickens, with a transverse mouldings reminiscent of an acanthus forming the apex of the bow. Below this, the bow narrows to down to the simply moulded foot, with the solid, intact catchplate proje…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-4BEA6F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester Derivative Harlow type, dating to the Roman period (c. 50-80 AD). The brooch is complete apart from the corroded, largely absent spring, pin, and axis bar. The head of the brooch has two rectangular wings 23.4mm wide, and 7.2mm high, with a curved section with a concave reverse to hold the spring. The centre of the reverse of the head has an integral plate with two perforations (now covered by corrosion product) to hold the chord and axis bar. The iron mechanism as a whole now survives only as a corroded lump affixed to the brooch…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-DE9067
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A contemporary copy of a Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 307-361), dating to the period AD 353-361 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a soldier spearing a fallen horseman. Copying unclear mint prototype.
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BB6504
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silvered contemporary copy of a Roman silver denarius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to the period AD 138-c.161 (Reece Period 7). Uncertain reverse type, depicting a female figure, possibly Fortuna, seated left. Copying mint of Rome protoype.  The obverse portrait shows a Julio-Claudian, possibly Augustus.
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BB0F9D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A contemporary copy of a Roman silver denarius of Divus Antoninus Pius struck during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180) or of Divus Marcus Aurelius struck during the reign of Commodus (AD 180-192), dating to the period AD 161-192 (Reece Period 8-9). CONSECRATIO reverse type, depicting a funeral pyre, in four tiers, garlanded and adorned with statues, on top of which, a quadriga. Copying mint of Rome protoype.  The obverse portrait has curly hair like Marcus Aurelius but a short beard more like Antoninus Pius'. The inscription DIVVS ANTONINVS is the one used f…
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E8A5CD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded copper alloy coin or token, possibly a radiate or nummus of Roman Date (c. 215-410AD). Original designs obliterated by corrosion, leaving no diagnostic features. Diameter: 15.2mm Weight: 0.95g
Created on: Thursday 17th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-ED0B56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy continental plate brooch dating to the Roman period (c. 25-250 AD). The brooch is sub-curcular in form, with four lugs projecting from the edges at every 90 degrees, one of which is perforated to form a chain loop. The other three lugs are unperforated and decorated with a ring and dot. Only the lug backed by the catchplate is surviving, the rest are damaged. The front of the plate is decorated by a series of concentric raised circles. The two outermost circles are filled with a design of repeating pellets, these circles surround a deep groove around t…
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-ECE816
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of Crispus, dating to AD 317 (Reece period 15). Obverse: CRISPVS NOB CAES Bust of Crispus, laureate, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Sol, radiate, chlamys draped across left shoulder, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand. Mint of London. RIC VII, p. 104, no. 115. Diameter: 18.6mm Weight: 2.24g
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-87C058
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constans (AD 333-350), dating to the period AD 347-348 (Reece Period 17). VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN reverse type, depicting two Victories, winged, draped, standing front, facing each other, each holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII Treveri 199.
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 21st September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-7817D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Derivative Polden Hill brooch of Roman date. The brooch is broken at the bow, missing the foot and the pin. The rectangular (becoming D-shaped) sectioned bow has mouldings towards the head, the central notched ridge moulding rises to for a perforated lug (or crest as per Mackreth), that secured the chord of the spring. The wings asymmetrical in section, one being far thicker than the other are decorated with two ridged mouldings on either end, possibly as a result of a manufacturing error. Nonetheless, the brooch appears to have been functiona…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-1EC881
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead, iron, and copper alloy steelyard weight of roman date (c.AD 43 – 410). The weight is anthropomorphic, and is in the form of a female bust modelled in copper alloy around a lead core for the head and an iron core for the neck and chest. The head is rounded face on but somewhat flattened in profile. The detailing of the face and hair is executed only frontally, using moulding and incised decoration to form a round face with a fairly prominent brow, wide nose, almond shaped eyes, and full lips surrounded by coiffured hair. The neck is 18.9mm in diameter and extends down an…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-514BF3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of unusual type, probably a T-shaped derivative of later 1st or 2nd century date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 25.6mm and a weight of 8.9g). The hinged pin has broken below the loop and was secured within semi-tubular wings, now truncated (with a diameter of 4.2mm and a surviving width of 31.7mm). At the head is a flange (8.1mm wide and with a surviving height of 4.7mm above the bow) above a stepped moulding, possibly the remnants of a larger head-plate. The top of the rectangular-s…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-564AA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of uncertain type and probably of 1st to 3rd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the bow and leg (with a surviving length of 39.7mm, a surviving depth of 20mm and a weight of 6.6g). The arched bow is of D-shaped section with straight and near-parallel sides (7.6mm wide and 4.0mm – 4.7mm thick). The bow is faceted on the sides before a decorative moulding at its base and appears to be mirrored at the break, on the top of the bow. No other applied decoration is evident on the bow. Below the bow is a square plate (12.3mm wide and 1.…
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4125B7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman copper alloy belt fitting, probably a strap-end of 4th or 5th century date The cast fitting is complete (with a length of 21.9mm, a width of 40.2mm and a weight of 3.5g) and has openwork decoration. One end has a linear bar (3.4mm wide, 3.7mm long and 1.5mm thick) from the centre of which springs two opposing C-scrolls, with internal knop and defining two sub-circular or kidney-shaped apertures. At the apex is a flaring central feature with an incised central line. No applied decoration is evident elsewhere on the fitting. The fitting was attached using an integral squ…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-411705
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of c. mid-1st to 3rd century AD date The finger ring is incomplete, with a fragmentary and distorted hoop (with a height of 13.5mm and a weight of 2.5g) and was of oval form. The hoop is of D-shaped section and was narrowest at the base (with a width and thickness of 1.8mm and 1.5mm respectively). The hoop gradually widens to the shoulders which have no surviving applied decoration. The oval bezel is now eroded on one side (11.5mm wide and 2.0mm deep) and is comparatively less finished on the rear. The decoration on the bezel comprises three circula…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4103A5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal fitting, from an uncertain object probably of Roman date The terminal is of spherical form with a basal moulding and has a short fragment from the integral connecting rod at the base (with an overall length of 13.6mm and a weight of 3.5g). The sphere (with a maximum diameter of 9.6mm) has no applied decoration but a slight casting flaw is evident. The waist (with a minimum diameter of 6.2mm) is grooved before the rounded basal lobe. The integral pin is circular-sectioned (2.2mm diameter and with a 1.6mm surviving length). The surface is worn with a mid-green…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40F32B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, with approximately half represented (with a diameter of 34.5mm, a depth of 10.2mm and a weight of 5.4g). The brooch had a spring mechanism secured around a single lug and with an iron axis bar or spring suggested by the iron corrosion. The opposite end has catch-plate surviving. The brooch face had an outer ring (8.7mm wide), with a raised border and decorative concentric rib, positioned off-centre. There is no surviving evidence for enamel within either concentric ring. A deeper rib (3.5mm deep) de…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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