Record ID: NMGW-CA2048
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold Continental Gallo-Belgic quarter stater (1.64g ; 9.7mm), dating to c.125 - 50 BC (Sills Class Ca2). Obverse: Animal or boat. Reverse: Waved line or tree-like object. Sills 2003: 232 and Fig 76.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-EAB5C7
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dimensions: length 84.7mm; length of blade 39.2mm; max. surviving width of blade 14.2mm; external socket diameter 14.9mm; internal socket diameter 12.4mm; approx. length of side-loops 10-10.4mm; depth of socket 53.8mm; weight 21.62g Middle Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead of Davis’ Group 6: Developed side-looped (2012), and probably dating to the Acton Park-Taunton metalworking assemblages (c. 1550-1250 BC). The spearhead is complete and relatively short in overall length, with a short and slender leaf shaped blade. The midrib is pronounced and lozenge shaped in cross-secti…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-2F7C04
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy miniature votive axe of Late Bronze Age to Romano-British date (c.1000 BC-AD 400). The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section with a total length of 21.6mm. The socket is sub-rectangular (9.3mm wide x 5.7mm thick) with a rectangular recess (internal dimensions 4.5mm x 2.0mm). The faces are flat and converge to the blade edge (10.4mm wide). The sides are flat with one side including a moulded rounded knop representing a loop that is flush with faces (5.8mm long) and has straight sides. A small drilled hole perforates the axehead below a…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-9171E9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, incomplete copper alloy or billon Iron Age coin, likely a stater of the South Western Region / Durotriges, dating c. 60-20 BC. As ABC, pg. 111, no. 2169. Coin is undersize and heavily worn on the obverse. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents Reverse: Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above. Diameter: 16.3mm Weight: 2.77g
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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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-2540A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Great Square-Headed Brooch of Early Medieval date, (c. AD 500-570). The fragment consists only of part of the footplate of the brooch just above but not including the terminal lobe. The fragment is flat and broadly trapezoid in plan, with broadly concave sides (with semi-circular lobes projecting from the footplate lower borders), the sides tapering downwards and with the upper and lower edges being irregular breaks. The sides are near complete, with the exception of the absence of the left projecting lobe. The reverse of the brooch is flat and featur…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-79917A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy pin, dating from the 8th to 9th century (c.720 – 850 AD) The object consists of the pin head and a fragment of the pin shaft. The head is globular, measuring 7.7 mm in diameter, and features a design of punched ring-and-dot motifs, each being 3.3 mm in diameter. The applied punched design to the pin head’s surface gives a faceted appearance. There are 11 of these motifs evenly spaced over the surface of the head. At the base of the head is a collar from which the shaft of the pin extends. The pin shaft is 1.6 mm in diameter and it&…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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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-919A94
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy casket key of medieval date (c.AD 1150 – 1450). The bow is of simple circular form, with a circular perforation, and a flattened oval sectioned stem with a projecting stem tip. The flat bit projects at 90 degrees to the stem and has a single rear cleft, with an abraded outer and lower edge. The metal has a mid green patina and is worn. Cf. YORYM-BA5220, LEIC-FA71FA and NARC-6FB87B.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-31B274
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver-plated contemporary copy of a post-medieval testoon of Henry VIII (1509-1547), pellet in annulet initial mark, minted in London in 1544-1547 (North 1841). The plating is visible at the break.
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-2C8A94
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin likely of Early Medieval date (c. AD 700-900). The pin has a 14.1mm long, 11.15mm wide, 1.1mm thick flat shield shaped head- a flat end with sides tapers slightly down 9.7mm to rounded corners, from which the sides turn in sharply to meet the top of the shank. The head is decorated on both face with incised ring and dot motifs. The decoration on each side is non-identical: one side has eight larger c. 3.3mm diameter ring-and-dots while the other has 10 c.2.5mm diameter ring-and-dots. There are very small lip mouldings on either side of the pin wher…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-8C8316
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy awl, possibly of late Bronze Age date, c. 1250-800BC. The awl is made up of two regions, one end being bullet shaped and having a smooth surface, the other having a hammered surface. The awl is 52.7cm long and 6.6mm in diameter at the widest point. The tang end, comprising of 30.5mm of the length, is roughly worked with obvious hammer or tool marks. This narrows towards the tip and then gently curves to a sharp point. It is broadly square in section. The working end of the awl, comprising of 22.2mm of the length, has a smooth surface and is bullet shaped. It i…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-5FA72B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty Series, Class C, D, or G, minted in Durham in 1351-1361.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-639629
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead circular lead Papal Bulla of medieval date (c.1150-1500). Heavily worn and the face has no trace of the stamp meaning a specific Pope cannot be identified. On the obverse it is just possible to identify the letters SPASPE - 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and 'SPE' for St. Peter to the right. The top of the head of St. Peter is also visible.  A broad Medieval date range is given due to inability to identify a specific Pope. The object has a brownish-grey colour and measures 37.9mm in diameter, is a distorted c.4.7mm thick and weighs 41.9…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-620797
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy harness fitting of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1020 – 800 BC). The ring consists of a circular ring (internal diameter 6.5mm, external diameter 18.9mm, 6.9mm thick) with an integrally cast sub-rectangular slot (outside dimensions 10.5mm long x 5.1mm high x 3.6mm thick; internal dimensions 5.3mm long x 2.5mm high) projecting from one end, resulting in a maximum length of 22.1mm. A raised moulded central rib/seam runs along the outer circumference of the ring, giving the object a flattened hexagonal shape in plan. The object is a smooth mid to dark gr…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2022
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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-3A5227
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), minted in 1565. Second issue, North 1997, with pheon. Coin is slightly bent, fractured, and has been clipped. Bust is mostly indiscernible.
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-393579
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver halfpenny of Henry VI’s first reign (AD 1422-1461). Mint of London, North 1434. Coin has lost half of the inscription and is a little bent.
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3664A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mediaeval quarter penny of an unknown ruler, dated from AD 1247-1509. Possibly a copper alloy contemporary copy, the only discernible feature on the obverse field looks like the cross from a sceptre, but it is in the wrong position.
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3649F3
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy miniature votive axe of Late Bronze Age to Romano-British date (c.1200 BC-AD 400). The miniature axe head is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section with a total length of 17.6mm. The ‘mouth’ of the axe is solid (2.1mm thick x 6.7mm wide) with a small central drilled hole (c.1mm diameter) probably representing a socket. The width narrows on one side to an integrally cast loop (4.0mm long) with a small perforation c.1.6mm in diameter (the loop begins 2mm from the mouth). The sides of the object are straight and one side (same …
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-D114B8
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy miniature votive axe of Late Bronze Age to Romano-British date (c.1200 BC-AD 400). The miniature axe head is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section with a total length of 17.9mm. The ‘mouth’ of the axe is solid (1.9mm thick x 7.8mm wide) and narrows on one side to an integrally cast loop (4.0mm long) with a small perforation c.1.3mm in diameter (the loop begins 2.6mm from the mouth). The sides of the object are straight and one side (same side as the loop) extends to the blade edge where the object reaches a maximum width of 9.3mm and…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BD13AF
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper alloy in the form of a head of uncertain date, likely Post Medieval. The object is a fragment of a larger whole, the purpose of which is uncertain. The object is sub-oval in plan, with a near plano-convex section, the obverse being bast in relief and the reverse being slightly concave (suggested by Mark Redknap to be indicative of shrinkage produced by casing in an open mould).  Every edge of the object is a break, indicating the object formed part of a larger, flat object. The obverse is decorated in the form of a male face, with a beard executed with l…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2022
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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-BA47C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver short-cross penny of John (1199-1216) Class 5b2, moneyer Hue, minted in Lincoln, 1205-1207 (North 970 ii). 
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5A7B83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward I or II (1272-1307, 1307-1327). The coin was clipped and is very worn, some discerning features have been erased (such as half of the inscription on the obverse). Minted in Canterbury. Probably North class 10 or 11.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-C21388
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy finger ring in the form of a buckled belt of uncertain date, possibly dating from late Medieval to Post Medieval. The ring is in the form of a buckled belt, made from a strip with an integral loop at one end. The end of the strip was bent around to form the hoop and inserted into the loop. The loop is sub circular with poorly surviving mouldings on its outside and where it joins the hoop. The hoop is rectangular sectioned with c.4mm wide parallel sides. The tongue end of the hoop also bears mouldings as well as a small circular projection (likely representing …
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-0952D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and damaged silver hammered Medieval penny of Edward IV's second reign, dating c. 1472-1486. Mint of York, archiepiscopal issue under Archbishop Neville or Sede Vacante, 'E' or ‘G’ and rose by neck. Spink 2128/9, North no. 1648/1649. The coin is worn and heavily clipped.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3964D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Scottish penny of William I (1165-1214 AD). Short Cross and Stars, Phase B, c. 1205-1230, Spink 5029 (2015, 3rd edition).
Created on: Monday 21st February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 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-E84854
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and worn silver Medieval halfpenny, likely of Edward I-III, unclear class, dating to AD 1272-1377. Mint of London. Die axis: 8 o’clock Diameter: 13.7mm Weight: 0.48g
Created on: Thursday 17th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-1434D5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post-medieval Nuremburg jetton, Rose/Orb series, issued by Wolff Lauffer I dating to 1554-1601.
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-140E37
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval Nuremburg jetton, Rose/Orb series, dating to c. 1480-1550.
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-6D6143
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver early medieval sceat, Series H (Type 49: Metcalf 2a) minted in Hamwic (Southampton), 710-740 (North 103).
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-566D87
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of cast copper alloy bracelet, dating to the Iron Age or early Roman periods. The remaining segment of bracelet is simple in form, being a curved semi-lenticular sectioned strip, with a flat inside face and convex outer face. One end of the strip terminates in a single central perforated lug which has broken at the perforation, the other terminates in a break. The perforated lug measures 2.6mm wide, 6.1mm long and 4.1mm thick, and would have joined to another segment of bracelet in a similar fashion to a tenon into a mortice. This is the thickest surviving portion of the …
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 27th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-FB35F7
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy folding clasp likely of 14th century date. The buckle frame is sub-rectangular with outwardly bowed sides and four projecting knops, one at the ends of each bar. The frame is 18.7mm wide, 13.9mm long and 3.5mm thick. The roller is missing. The plate is bent with a distorted length of 45.1mm, 14.1mm wide and 2.5mm thick. The plate is decorated with an incised geometric motif and an openwork centre. The design is missing some fragments, but it appears the design was intended to give the impression of pillars (now mostly missing) rising up to a trefoil cutaway…
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-BAA441
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount of Medieval date (AD 1270-1350). The bar mount is 22.7mm long with terminal lobes on each end and a central lobe. Rivets preserve on each terminal lobe (with an overall depth of 4.8mm). The central lobe is perforated by a hole with an internal diameter of 3.8mm and external diameter of 6.7mm. The bar is 2.3mm thick and tapers slightly towards the terminal lobes (3.7mm thick near the central lobe, 2.9mm thick before terminal lobe). The surface of the bar is decorated with a gently sloping central ridge and transverse incised lines. The reverse is flat,…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BA9C6D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete sheet copper alloy strap end of Medieval date (c.AD 1350-1500). The single sheet is tongue-shaped in plan with a single central rivet on the wider end (resulting in a depth of 3.1mm). The plate measures 10.1mm at the wide end and is slightly bent with an overall distorted length of 31.7mm and 0.6mm thick. The other end tapers to a width of 8.5mm before tapering more dramatically to a rounded point. The strap end has some similarities to one illustrated in Egan and Pritchard 2002: p.139 no. 640 and p.142 no. 659, 660. The surface of the object is corroded with patc…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BA93B9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast copper alloy sheet plate from a composite strap end of Medieval date (c.AD 1230-1450). The plate is tongue-shaped (0.5mm thick), tapering from the wide end (16.5mm wide) with two rivet holes (missing the rivets) to the narrower curved end (c.9.5mm wide). The edge of the wider end raises up slightly in the corners, as seen in other strap-ends e.g. BUC-A9DA09 and in examples illustrated by Egan and Pritchard 2002: 142 no. 664, 670; p.144 no. 672, 673. The strap-end would have been riveted together with another plate of the same form with a forked spacer between. Bot…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BA8B6F
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double sharp-hooked clasp (dress hook) of early Medieval date (c. 8th to early 8th century AD). The object consists of a central bar and two curved hooks. The central bar is sub-rectangular in plan and profile measuring 22.5mm long, 7.8mm wide and 4mm thick. The bar is neatly perforated in the centre (3.4mm internal diameter) which may have been used for a suspension chain or cord. Transverse incised lines frame the perforation on both sides. The bar is decorated with diagonal incised lines on both sides and both edges. The bar gently tapers towards incurv…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BA78E8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of Medieval date (c. 1300-1450). The buckle consists of a single sub-circular loop frame with central bar with overall measurements of 30.7mm long x 28.8mm wide with a max thickness of 2.4mm. The frame is missing the pin. The negative space in the frame is asymmetrical, whether this was intentional or not is unclear. The buckle is decorated on both ends with unevenly spaced incised lines transverse along both ends of the frame. The outside edge is flares out and is more ornate, uneven in width with unevenly spaced incised transverse lines. From the ornate ou…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-ED17CE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Henry V (1413-1422 AD). Class C, “Frowning” bust, type 1 or 2 (North 1387). Coin seems to have been clipped. Mint of London.
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 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-6C4D71
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy miniature votive axe of Late Bronze Age to Romano-British date (c.1200 BC-AD 400). The miniature axe head is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section with a total length 17.7mm and width of 8.8mm. The mouth of the axe is a sub-square opening (6.9mm x 5.6mm) representing a socket. Three equidistant incised lines/collar mouldings around the perimeter separate the mouth from the top of the integrally cast loop, which begins 2mm from the mouth and measures 5.9mm long, 3.9mm wide and 2.5mm high. A small circular perforation penetrates the cent…
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F1155E
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy looped palstave of possible South Western type dating to the Taunton/Penard metalworking phase (c. 1400-1100 BC). The palstave has an incomplete length of 130.3mm and a weight of 394.5g. A transverse break at the butt end of the flanges means that the butt is missing but can be assumed to have been relatively narrow- the width at the break is 23.1mm, tapering slightly from the maximum width at the flanges of 28.1mm (not including the side loop). The sides are slightly convex as far as the high point of the stop and are then straight and slightly fa…
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2021
Last updated: Saturday 9th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-88113C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver medieval penny of Edward IV (Second reign 1471-1483), minted in York, 1461-1483. The coin is worn, has been heavily clipped and is missing a fragment from its edge.
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 21st September 2021
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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-7873BE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap slide with internal projections of medieval date (c.1150-1400 AD). The object is slightly trapezoidal (17.6mm wide at the inside edge compared to 19.3mm at the outside). The object is undecorated. Two opposed internal projections near the inside edge. The maximum width for a strap through the base would have been 14.3mm. No.1258 (pg 233-234, fig. 149) is a similar example in Egan and Pritchard (2002).
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-786C76
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap slide with internal projections of medieval date (c.1150-1400 AD). The object is slightly trapezoidal (23.4mm wide at the inside edge compared to 27.4mm at the outside), and rectangular in section. The outside edge is decorated- there are two non-identical knops at the corners of the edge, and two central paired knop mouldings. Two opposed internal projections near the inside edge. The maximum width for a strap through the base would have been 19.2mm. No.1260 (pg 233-234, fig. 149) is a similar example in Egan and Pritchard (2002).
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-7853C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy and glass finger ring of Medieval date. The Ring has a four clawed setting at the bezel holding a worn white gem, likely made of glass. The bezel is 8.9mm wide, 10.1mm long and 5mm thick. The setting is placed slightly off centre on the bezel, so projects perpendicular to the hoop by around 2mm. The hoop is roughly plano-convex in section and of uneven width, partially due to damage. The widest part of the hoop is to one side of the bezel (7.3mm), and the thickness is variable and uneven, being c. 1.6mm at the sides of the hoop and 2mm at the back. The internal dia…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-78446E
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sword-belt hanger of Post Medieval date (16th -17th century AD). The object consists of a bilaterally symmetrical cast plate with lobed top, flared sides and a trilobate terminal. The top of the plate would have ended in a hook, which has broken off and is lost. The plate is decorated on the front surface with foliate “vine scroll” mouldings. The plate has two rivet holes, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the plate, still containing the corroded remnants of the iron rivets. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The object is somewhat worn, …
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-783C55
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date (likely 14th century AD).The buckle consists only of a small rectangular frame with a narrowed bar and two grooves flanking the notch for the pin on the expanded outside edge. There is no evidence of a plate and the pin is missing. The frame is slightly trapezoidal, but with somewhat convex top and bottom edges. The top and bottom edges have a small ridge at each corner, which is typical of 14th century buckles. The object bears a dark patina, with small areas of the original green patinated surface.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-7835D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date (c. 1150-1400 AD). The buckle consists only of an oval frame with offset narrowed bar and an ornate outside edge. There is no evidence of a plate and the pin is missing. The outside edge is decorated by four knops, two larger flanking and two smaller central separated by a groove, which forms the notch for the pin. The top and bottom edges of the frame are chamfered inside and out, and recurve to simple mouldings either side of the offset narrowed bar. The mouldings are executed on both the front and back of the frame, leaving t…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-782C41
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date (c. 1150-1400 AD). The buckle consists only of an oval frame with offset narrowed bar. There is no evidence of a plate and the pin is missing. The outside edge of the frame is expanded, but not lipped (5.6mm wide) with a notch for the pin. The frame narrows to 2.5mm at the top and bottom edges of the frame before recurving to simple mouldings either side of the offset, narrowed bar (c. 1.6mm thick). The reverse of the frame has no mouldings or decoration, but does show possible use wear on the outside edge of the frame. The objec…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd 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-E3C0FA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy potin of the Kent Region/Cantiaci, dating to the Iron Age (c. 150-100 BC), Kentish Primary series 'Thurrock MA' type. Obverse: Head left (prototype: Apollo). Reverse: Butting bull right. As Rudd ABC, pg. 33, no. 120; BMC 660-666; VA 1406.
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A82A97
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy Pilgrim Button-Badge of late 15th to mid 16th century date The cast badge is of button form with eight peripheral concave points (with a maximum diameter of 39.0mm and a weight of 5.3g). The rear has the damaged remnants of an attachment loop (giving a surviving depth of 4.0mm), which has iron corrosion adhering to its base, indicating the iron eyelet for attachment. The face of the button badge (with a thickness of 1.0mm) is moderately convex and has incised decoration. The decoration depicts the Christ Child naked and in three-quarter profile, looking towards h…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-460555
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy penannular ring or ring core of probable Bronze Age date (c. 1300-800BC). The ring is made from a circular sectioned loop. The original surface is missing, and green and brown copper corrosion products cover the ring. The blue corrosion product is likely azurite. Objects such as this are often termed “ring money” or “hair rings” but are most likely a form of personal adornment worn on the nose or ears. Typically dated to the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age, it is suggested in NMGW-04216C that they in fact originate in the Middle bronze age and continue …
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-330E68
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy spur buckle with an integral plate of Medieval date (13th to 14th century). The frame is oval and cast integrally with the frame. There is a hole for the pin, now filled with iron corrosion, presumably the remains of the now missing pin. The frame is a rounded rectangle in shape, terminating in a knop. three rivet holes still containing their rivets. The central rivet hole is broken on one side and the plate is bent sideways from the central rivet. The central rivet is 7.1mm long, the longest of the three. The buckle has a pitted grey-green surface. …
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3248A9
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy anthropomorphic chafing dish stand The cast swivelling support for a chafing dish is fragmentary represented by the anthropomorphic terminal and the top of the curved shaft (with a surviving length of 45.4mm and a weight of 18.0g) and has similar decorated on both faces. The rectangular-sectioned shaft (10.6mm wide and 4.1mm thick) has broken through two perforations (of 2.4mm diameter), used for the swivel. The shaft gradually widens towards the terminal (reaching a maximum width of 13.7mm) and is undecorated except for curved grooves, representing a colla…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Saturday 23rd March 2024
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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-672EFB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy La Tène III bow brooch of Nauheim-derivative type and of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The one-piece brooch is incomplete, missing half of the spring and foot and is distorted (with a surviving, distorted length of 47.7mm, a distorted depth of 17.3mm and a weight of 2.9g). ). The spring is of circular-sectioned wire (of 2mm diameter) and coils twice, one side of the head, before the break on the internal chord (with a surviving width of 7.9mm). There is a fragmentary ferrous rod or axis bar surviving within the spring (of 3 – 4mm diameter), indica…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-565F03
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval, Late Anglo Saxon copper alloy stirrup strap mount of 11th century date The stirrup strap mount is of Williams’ (1997)[1] Type A, Class 5 mounts and is near-complete, missing the loop at the apex (with a surviving length of 47.7mm and a weight of 19.7g) and is heavily worn. The mount was attached using a single iron rivet and the remains of the iron fitting survive on the rear. The flange (with a depth of 9.0mm) is near-perpendicular to the mount and is as wide as the mount. The damaged loop appears to have been within the jaws of a beast at the terminal, with m…
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 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-414332
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of oval type with ornate outside edge of 13th or 14th century date The oval buckle frame is missing the pin and is flat-sectioned (with a length of 17.2mm, a width of 18.0mm, a thickness of 16.mm – 2.2mm and a weight of 1.8g). The outside edge is expanded (to 6.0mm wide) and is decorated with six liner grooves. The sides are convex and the bar is offset and narrowed. The rear of the frame is flat and undecorated. The surface has a dark-brown patina. The buckle can be closely paralleled with an example excavated in London (Egan & Pri…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-413424
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of oval type with roller and sheet plate of 14th century date The buckle is incomplete, missing the pin and attachment end of the plate (with an overall length of 37.1mm and a weight of 5.8g). The oval buckle frame has a sheet roller on the outside edge (of 5.8mm diameter) and appears to have had an incised line along the centre, corresponding with the position of the missing pin. There are knops on the ends of the outside edge. The rectangular-sectioned sides (1.0mm wide and 3.5mm thick) are convex (giving a maximum width of 21.4mm). The bar is offse…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th 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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Record ID: NMGW-40DECB
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy lozenge plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin (with a length of 34.7mm, a width of 32.4mm and a weight of 6.8g). The missing pin was hinged between twin lugs (giving an overall depth of 12.0mm) and secured with a ferrous axis bar, which remains in place. At the base is the remains of the catch-plate, which has lost the catch. The rear has a recessed circular panel. The face has a two-stepped border to the lozenge cell (23mm square). The border is damaged but no side lugs are discernible. The lozenge cell contains blue and…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40D70B
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy lozenge plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and leg (with a surviving length of 29.9mm, a surviving depth of 4.1mm and a weight of 2.1g). The missing pin was hinged between twin lugs now truncated. The hinge is on the rear of a trefoil head-plate, now eroded (7.2mm wide and 6.8mm long). No applied decoration is evident of the plate. The end of the plate is defined by a transverse rib, before a raised step to the lozenge plate (20mm long 19.2mm wide and 1.6mm thick). The plate has a raised border and raised central ring.…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40BFE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Developed T-shaped type, of 50-150 AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin and with a distorted, flattened bow (with a surviving length of 44.2mm, a distorted depth of 8.4mm and a weight of 5.3g). The missing pin was hinged within semi-tubular wings on the rear of the head (with a width of 13.0mm and a depth of 4.7mm). Remnants of the copper alloy axis bar remain within the hinge. The head-plate has an open, rounded cut-outs each side and at the centre is the apex is concave and may have defined a chain-loop. There is a decorative t…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 19th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40B5F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 22.5mm, a surviving depth of 8.4mm and a weight of 3.6g). The missing pin was hinged within sub-circular sectioned, tubular wings (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 4.0mm - 4.7mm). The axis bar is missing and corrosion suggests it was made of iron. The ends of the wings were enhanced with three grooves. Pairs of diagonal grooves, define a central rib to decorate the centre of the head and mark the area where the bow …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40AA6B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 25.2mm, a surviving depth of 9.3mm and a weight of 10.8g). The missing pin was hinged within oval-sectioned, tubular wings, now slightly distorted (with a width of 36.7mm and a diameter of 4.8mm x 5.8mm). The copper alloy axis bar remains in place. The ends of the wings were enhanced with double grooves. The bow is expanded at the head (with a width of 15.7mm and a thickness of 4mm). The edges are enhanced with ribs, flanke…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-404006
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-two-piece type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 30.8mm, a surviving depth of 14.0mm and a weight of 12.8g). The incomplete spring remains in place, secured by the chord through a double perforated lug at the centre of the rear of the head. The remnant of the chord survives in the lower perforation of the lug and appears to have been of iron. The wings (with a width of 29.6mm and a length of 6.5mm) are concave on the rear to accommodate the spring. The fronts of the …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-15BF02
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to post medieval copper alloy purse bar probably of 16th century date The purse is represented by the loop and the bar (with a weight of 35.7g) and is of Ward Perkins (1940, p 168)[1] Type B but of uncertain sub type. The loop has a flat and comparatively wide top now heavily corroded (with an overall length of 55.4mm, surviving width at the top of 18.2mm and a depth of 13.8mm), converging towards its rectangular-sectioned base. The shank has been peened over a domed washer (5.6mm - 18.0mm diameter) at the base, to secure it within the central block. The central blo…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADE13E
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy book-mount, probably of late 16th or 17th century date The mount is near-complete but slightly damaged, missing part of the attachment end (with a length of 40.8mm and a weight of 5.2g). The clasp is made from sheet copper alloy (1.3mm thick) riveted to a back plate, now lost with adhering iron corrosion (giving a maximum depth of 3.4mm). The expanded terminal on the front plate (with a surviving width of 16.4mm) appears to have had a straight edge, decorated with punched chevrons. The sides of the clasp converge and are near-parallel and straight (12.…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADD446
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably of Hod Hill, Aucissa or allied type The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the damaged head and upper bow only and is flattened (with a surviving length of 25.7mm, a depth of 3.8mm and a weight of 1.9g). The missing pin was hinged, within a rolled head (with a surviving width of 17.2mm and a diameter of 3.2mm). The head narrows to the rectangular sectioned upper bow and is then near-parallel sided, slightly convergent to the break (with a width of 9.4mm – 11.2mm and a thickness of 1.0mm). The upper bow is decorated …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADC381
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead steelyard weight with iron suspension loop, probably of Roman date The cast weight is of flattened biconical form and is near-complete, missing part of one end loop (with a surviving length of 42.5mm) and currently weighs 86.7g. The surviving iron loop (10.4mm high and 10.5mm wide), defines a circular loop (with internal diameter of 6.8mm) and is of circular sectioned wire (2.5mm diameter). The lead weight is irregular (26.8mm long and with a diameter of 26.2mm - 27.9mm). The wire loop at the other end is incomplete and is slightly wider (with a surviving width of 12.2mm). N…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD1E33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, double-lug type and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is complete and has a distorted pin (with a length of 60.6mm, a depth of 21mm and a weight of 21.1g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, secured around a central, pierced lug with a copper alloy axis bar and coils six times either side of the lug (with a length of 32.0mm). One of the coils is broken, suggesting that the brooch was repaired. The chord is tensioned by a lug at the head. The wings are convex and are a little shorter than the spring (with a length of 28.9…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ACA687
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and pin and the upper bow is slightly distorted (with a length of 37.0mm, a depth of 19.5mm and a weight of 5.6g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing secured around a single, central pierced lug. At the apex of the lug is a spike to secure a swivelling chain loop. The trumpet head is D-shaped (11.1mm wide and 8.4mm high not including the spike) and has a central ridge, giving the upper bow a sub-triangular section. The sides are convergent …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC526C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, possibly T-shaped or allied type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing some of the wings and spring and with a distorted bow (with a distorted length and depth of 54.9mm and 21.8mm respectively and with a weight of 8.5g). The missing spring was secured within sheet metal wings that were riveted to the bow. The sheet metal wings are now damaged and truncated (with a surviving width of 13.8mm a height of 8.0mm, a depth of 3.6mm and a thickness of 0.4mm). No decoration is evident on the wing fragment. The…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A7CAD8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval cast copper alloy brooch of Early Anglo Saxon saucer type and of 5th or 6th century AD date The brooch is near-complete missing the pin and fittings and with the rim somewhat distorted (with a maximum diameter of 48.5mm, a maximum surviving overall depth of 8.1mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rim is angled to the face (at approximately 135°, 0.5mm thick, giving a depth of 4.2mm and with a height of 3.3mm) and distorted flat against the face in one area. Inside of the rim is an angular ribbed border, inside of which is a loosely-repeating, zoomorphic chip-carved mot…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-82CB5B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy looped mount with suspension ring of 16th or 17th century date The mount is near-complete but is very-heavily corroded and comprises a mount with separate ring (with an overall length of 47mm and a weight of 3.5g). The mount is folded sheet metal (30.5mm long, 8.1mm wide, 0.6mm thick and 5.4mm deep) and was attached by a single rivet at the attachment end. Corrosion has removed detail of the decoration but appears to have been moulded, possibly with vegetal or floral scrolls. The sides are irregular and undulate, probably fitting the decoration. The rin…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-82B1CB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 8th to 11th century The strap-end is incomplete, missing the attachment end of the front face (with a 42.7mm, and a weight of 2.5g) and appears to be of Thomas’s Class B type 1-2 (2003, p 4-6)[1]. The attachment end is widest and is forked to accommodate the strap (with a width of 6.8mm, a slot length of 12 – 13mm and a surviving depth of 2.3mm). Near the attachment end are two circular perforations (of 2.4mm diameter), one of which cuts the side. The strap-end is of sub-rectangular section (2.2mm thick) with straight sides, gradually …
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-829B27
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of mid-14th to late 15th century date. The buckle has a separate folded plate and the frame is oval with narrowed and offset bar and is near-complete missing the pin (with an overall length of 34.7mm and a weight of 3.5g). The oval frame is comparatively small (11mm long, 13.2mm wide and 2.5mm thick) and is of rounded D-shaped section, widest at the outside edge (2.9mm wide). There is no notch for the pin on the frame or any decoration discernible. The loop of the pin survives but the rectangular-sectioned shaft has been lost. The folded sheet plate (…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 6th April 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-053AC5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper alloy chafing dish handle of 15th to 17th century date. The handle is fragmentary, with only the outer end present, which is of bifurcating form and is broken at both ends (with a surviving length of 23.2mm and weighing 11.2g). The looped handle (56.5mm wide at the bifurcated end) is of sub-hexagonal section (between 3.2mm and 4.5mm thick and between 4.8mm and 6.2mm wide). The surface is corroded with remnants of a dark-green patina and with file marks evident on one face. The handle is likely to been attached to a lug riveted through the di…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-0520FC
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 15th or 16th century date The ampulla is fragmentary, missing the neck and mouth (with a surviving length of 25.5mm and a weight of 18.1g). The ampulla has broken across the widest part of the body (with a width of 26.0mm and a maximum width of 30.2mm). The obverse face is decorated with fine ribbing representing the scallop shell, of Spencer’s (1990, p 59) [1] Type II, The face is now slightly dished but would have been comparatively flat (giving a maximum thickness of 5.6mm). The reverse face has a bevelled side decorated with hatching bef…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0508C5
Object type: EWER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, probably of 15th century date The zoomorphic ewer spout is in the form of a dog’s head with the spout protruding from the open mouth. The spout is complete (with an overall length of 80mm and a weight of 82.6g) and would have been soldered to the body of the ewer at the curved and convex oval opening (with external dimensions: 61.7mm long and 18.7mm wide). The dog has oval and upright ears, protruding above the head and concave across their widths. The snout is defined by a concave depression on the sides and there is a mid-ridge across the top…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04F833
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy Strap end of Late Anglo Saxon type and of late 8th to 12th century date The strap-end is of Thomas’ (2003)[1] Class B, Type 1 and is near complete, with minor damage to the terminal (with a length of 51.9mm and a weight of 12.8g). The strap-end is widest at the attachment edge and has a slight curve (with a width of 11.4mm and a thickness of 4.5mm). The strap was secured by two rivets, which remain in position positioned close together near the centre and just below the edge. The end has a V-shaped split to accommodate the strap (11mm long). The side…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED2EED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and catch-plate and has a distorted bow (with a surviving length of 44.3mm, a surviving depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 6.9g). The spring remains in place, secured between perforated end lugs (with a width of 19.1mm and a diameter of 4.6mm – 5.6mm) and with the chord-tensioned by a lug at the head. The fronts of the wings were enhanced with a vertical groove near the terminals. The bow is heavily-worn and is now of sub-circular diameter (with a diameter …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED2049
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of oval framed with roller type and of 13th or 14th century date The buckle frame is complete but any plates are missing (with a length of 19.6mm and a weight of 5.8g). The outside edge protrudes slightly (with a width of 17.3mm) between which is a sheet roller (7.0mm long and 7.3mm diameter); the roller was decorated with transverse grooves. The sides are oval sectioned and are convex (giving the buckle a maximum width of 21.0mm). The bar is offset and narrowed. The pin is present (with a length of 17.9mm and a loop diameter of 5.8mm) and is square-s…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED0B4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the leg (with a surviving length of 30.5mm, a surviving depth of 20.8mm and a weight of 3.0g). The bow has broken below the top of the catch-plate and is ova section (3.8mm thick and 2.8mm wide). The sides are straight and convergent to the foot. There is no decoration evident on the front of the bow. The catch plate is as wide as the leg and is decorated with a circular aperture (3.5mm dimeter). The foot is slight with a transverse rib. The surface is corro…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ECFB7C
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint Hollow-Based arrowhead The arrowhead incomplete, missing the tip (with a surviving length of 31.6mm and a weight of 3.0g). The arrowhead is made on a flake with the bifacial retouch confined to one side and the concave base (where the arrowhead has a width of 21.3mm). The arrowhead has a maximum thickness (of 4.9mm) midway along the retouched edge. The flint is non-cortical has differential patination. The missing tip may indicate that the arrowhead has impacted while being used.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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