Record ID: NMGW-EF5105
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow of Developed T-shaped type of T108 and of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the end of the pin (with a length of 45.5mm, a depth of 18.5mm and a weight of 12.4g). The copper alloy pin is hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 4.2mm) probably around an iron axis bar. The ends of the wings have a decorative vertical rib. At the head is a un perforated ‘chain-loop’ (5.6mm high, 6.8mm wide), with a circular cell infilled with a grainy red-brown deposit. The upper bow is of sub-rectangular section and…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-EE9617
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Initial T-shaped type, of Hull T104 and of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg, one side of the head and the pin (with a surviving length of 31.0mm, a surviving depth of 11.6mm and a weight of 9.1g). The pin is hinged within tubular wings, only one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 32.8mm and a diameter of 4.6mm – 6.0mm). Interestingly, the rear of the wings were decorated with vertical ribbing, seemingly intended to imitate a spring mechanism, bounded at the top with a horizontal groove to imitat…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9AB261
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of T-shaped Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by upper bow and partial head (with a surviving length of 26.6mm and a weight of 3.6g). The pin was hinged within tubular wings, one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 24.5mm and a diameter of 4.0mm). There is no evidence for a chain-loop at the head. The bow has damaged sides hut had a raised rim border (with a surviving width at the head of 14.4mm and a thickness of 2.6mm). The sides of the bow are straight and convergent to the break on the mid-bow …
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9A7E11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver coin PENNY OF ÆTHELRÆD II (978 – 1016) Obv. +ÆÐELRED REX ANGL·ER; diademed bust l., four pellets to front, linked to shoulder by curved lines Rev. +ÆÐELVEARD MO NA; small cross pattée Weight: 1.49g; Die-axis: 0º First Small Cross type, c.978-9; BMC i; Hildebrand A; North 764. EMC 2016.0222 For initial discussion of this coin, see http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=51373 , which covers much useful ground. It is also worth noting that the only ‘Aethelweard’ recorded for Aethelraed II in First …
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-70537B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-headed type and of late 1st to  2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow (with a surviving length of 28.7mm, a surviving depth of 20.4mm and a weight of 6.2g). The missing spring was open and secured between perforated lateral lugs, now damaged (with a width of 14.5mm). The trumpet head is D-shaped with an integral chain loop, now damaged (giving the head a surviving height of 17.4mm). The bow has a central ridge, giving it a convex-sided triangular section, with straight sides converging to the…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-6EF08D
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone or possibly horn spoon probably of post medieval date, c. 17th or 19th century date The hand-carved spoon is complete and is comparatively small (with a length of 91.7mm and a weight of 4.4g). The bowl is of irregular sub-circular form (26mm long, 23.1mm wide, 4.5mm overall depth and with a thickness of 0.8mm – 2.2mm) and the outside edge and sides of the bowl are slightly straightened. The interior of the bowl is polished while the underside is faceted from its carving. At the junction with the bowl, the stem is V-shaped. The stem is square-sectioned above the bowl (4mm s…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrinstone Farm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6DF44D
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable medieval padlock of 12th or 13th century date The padlock has broken through a perforation in the arm and is missing the bar (with a length of 34.3mm, a height of 31.8mm and a weight of 18.4g). The cylinder is faceted on the exterior, with an opening on the underside and a groove at the top of the sides. The interior has an oval opening, now distorted at the mouth (10.6mm x 8.2mm and 0.6mm - 1.3mm thick). Within the mouth is a plate (4mm inside), with a vertical bar, dividing the cylinder. Above the cylinder is an integral, rectangular-sectioned flange (3.0m…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-076CC1
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of indeterminate type probably of Ewart Park metalworking Industry, dated to c. 950 – 750BC but possibly of Wilburton-Wallington through to Llyn Fawr Industries, dating to c. 1,150 – 600BC The axe head is fragmentary missing the upper part and is represented by approximately half of the original (with a maximum surviving length of 61.4mm and a weight (containing sediment) of 111.9g). The break across the axe occurred in antiquity (where the axe had a maximum surviving width and thickness of 42.8mm and 13.2mm respectively). The axe is likely to …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-F09247
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably T-shaped or allied and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the top of the bow (with a surviving length of 23.0mm, a surviving depth of 7.1mm and a weight of 2.6g). The head is fragmentary (with a surviving width of 11.8mm and a thickness of 5.4mm) but the remnants of the axis bar and pin loop indicate that the brooch was hinged. The head narrows to the bow, suggesting a T-shaped or allied brooch. At the head is a rectangular stub from an integral chain-loop. The upper bow is of oval sect…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F037E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow (with a surviving length of17.4mm, a surviving depth of 5.8mm and a weight of 2.2g). The missing spring was secured behind the semi-cylindrical wings (with a length of 9.0mm and a diameter of 4.5mm), with the axis bar secured by perforated end lugs and the chord probably tensioned by a lug at the head but is now lost. No decoration survives on the wings. The upper bow is of D-shaped section (6.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick at the head), w…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F0132C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, chain-loop and much of the catch-plate and is heavily-corroded (with a length of 43.8mm, a surviving depth of 16.0mm and a weight of 7.7g). The pin was hinged within oval-sectioned, tubular wings, now damaged, particularly on one side (with a surviving width of 17.9mm and a diameter of 5.4mm x 3.7mm). The loop from the copper alloy pin is present but iron corrosion staining suggests a ferrous axis bar was used. No decoration is discernible on the truncated wings. T…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C77300
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or early 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is heavily-corroded and incomplete missing the leg and pin and is a comparatively small example (with a surviving length of 26.0mm. a surviving depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 2.9g). The copper alloy spring is secured between lateral lugs, around a copper alloy axis bar. The chord is tensioned by a hook at the head. There is the suggestion of vertical grooves on the short wings (with a width of 14.2mm and a diameter of 5.5mm). The square-sectioned head (4.7mm x 6.2mm) project…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C6CCEA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary and heavily-corroded, represented by the head and top of the bow (with a surviving length of 19.6mm, a surviving depth of 10.1mm and a weight of 6.8g). The missing spring was within semi-tubular wings, with the axis bar secured by perforated terminal lugs, now lost (with a surviving width of 20.8mm and a diameter of 6.5mm). The chord may have been tensioned by a hook, although little evidence for a lug or hook now survives. The upper bow is of D-shaped section (10.0mm wid…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C69718
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver coin Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161) denarius, Rome IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PM TR P COS II; Victory facing right RIC 25 (AD 139) 2.81g, slightly worn
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C36E51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled Plate brooch of Umbonate Type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary represented by the lower third approximately (with a surviving length of 26.0mm, a surviving depth of 7.5mm and a weight of 3.50g). The brooch was of circular form with peripheral lugs, comprising a larger circular enamelled lug at the foot and probably a chain-loop at the apex (with an original length of approximately 44mm) and with six smaller knops around the edge. The flange (with an external diameter of c. 30mm) before the umbo is decorated with elongated D-shaped …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C36036
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of enamelled T-shaped type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 40.5mm, a surviving depth of 11.7mm and a weight of 5.4g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now damaged and truncated (With a surviving width of 21.3mm and a diameter of 4.3mm). No decoration is evident on the wings. At the head is the damaged remains of an integral chain-loop, thickened at the base but now missing the loop. The chain-loop has adhering ferrous corrosion, possibly from the pin or possibly …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-4948DC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper (possibly tin) alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The cast seal matrix is of sub-circular form (31.6mm – 32.6mm diameter and weighing 14.8g) with a loop, now damaged at the apex of the rear (9mm long, 2.2mm wide, with a surviving height of 1.8mm and giving an overall surviving depth of 5.1mm). A rib extends from the base of the loop to the opposite edge. The seal die (3.2mm thick) has a damaged surface with corrosion masking many of the letters in the encircling legend. The central device depicts a trefoil or Fleur-de-lys and the encircling legend i…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-492783
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th to early 14th century date The cast lead seal matrix is of pointed oval form and is near-complete but is worn and distorted (with a length of 35.8mm, a width of 27.3mm and a weight of 18.7g). The rear has a loop just beneath the apex (3.8mm wide and 3.0mm high), with a bevelled top edge, which extends along the rear face as a gradually weakening rib. The seal die (2.4mm thick) is now distorted and uneven. The central device comprises a trefoil or fleur-de-lys, with a weaker trefoil at its base. The encircling legend is now difficult to decipher b…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-48F425
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of uncertain type probably South Wales (Stogursey) or allied Type and of Ewart Park Metalworking, dating from c. 950 – 750BC The cast axe is fragmentary, missing the mouth, one side and much of the faces (with a length of 78.1mm, a maximum surviving breadth of 26.2mm and a weight of 86.4g). The better preserved side has a small area of the mouth surviving, which is slightly out-turned (with a thickness of 4.8mm) with no discernible evidence for a collar moulding. The socket is of rounded rectangular form (with a depth of 60.9mm). The casting seam is …
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-C8AA36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
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, one side of the head and the pin (with a surviving length of 35.0mm, a surviving depth of 14.1mm and a weight of 5.0g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings (with a surviving width of 20.0mm and a diameter of 3.7mm – 4.6mm). No decoration survives on the wings. The bow had straight sides converging to the break across the leg (with a surviving width at the head of 10.7mm) and has a grooved border. The bow is convex across its width and hollowed …
Created on: Wednesday 30th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C775AE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount probably from furniture of post medieval date The complete cast mount is of quatrefoil form and is likely to have decorated furniture or similar (with a length of 29.0mm, a width of 27.1mm and a weight of 7.8g). The mount was attached using a substantial integral, square-sectioned pin (4mm square at the apex, 9.8mm long, giving an overall depth of 12.7mm), positioned off-centre, on the rear. The lobes of the mount are separated by U-shaped mouldings with the ends projecting beyond the mount. The edge of the mount has an incised border. Each of the lobes contain…
Created on: Wednesday 30th December 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-F881C7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and iron shanked and skirted terret of Roman date (c. mid-1st century to mid-2nd century AD). The terret consists of an annular ribbed ring with a base that expands out to form a roughly lenticular footprint. The ribbing on the ring divides it into 7 lobes of similar size. The corroded remains of an iron shank are inserted into the base. This base likely represents the remains of a skirt, which firmly dates the terret from the mid-1st century to mid-2nd century AD according to Lewis’ (2015) typology. The terret is in a poor state of preservation, missing t…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-E57C4C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch likely of trumpet derivative dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The object consists of the headplate, hinge and a portion of the bow. The headplate is triangular plan (17.5mm wide, 14.4mm high from bottom of hinge to top of lug) with a central sub-rectangular lug (3mm high, 6.6mm wide and 2.5 deep) decorated with a transverse incised line at the top. The lug likely represents a collared suspension loop (e.g. WILT-001911), but this has been lost in an old break. The surviving bow is triangular in shape with a central ridge runnin…
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-3F537F
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bead of Roman to Medieval date. The bead is approximately biconical in shape, with a large cylindrical central perforation (8mm in diameter). The outer surface of the bead is decorated with a central circumferential groove containing a smaller ridge. This central groove is flanked by multiple parallel grooves and ridges on either side. Traces of gilding or applied gold are visible on the rims of the perforation that presumably once covered the whole bead. The bead is largely covered with a pitted green patina. There are a number of examples of similar beads to this…
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BCDF85
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy ‘miniature’ arched terret of Iron Age or Early Roman date (c. 100 BC-AD 200). The object consists of a fragment of the ring (4.5mm wide, 3.7mm thick) terminating in old breaks on each end. The top surface of the ring is decorated with moulded ridge spanning the surviving length. A moulded decorative motif sits atop the terret ring in the shape of two sweeping archways each terminating in knobs or ‘wings’ (6.7mm), with a rounded central knob (10.1mm wide). The central knob is sub-oval in plan and is flanked by mouldings that run to the …
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-DB029B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver early medieval styca of an uncertain king or archbishop, possibly an irregular type.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-6F1157
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy fragment of a Late Bronze Age sword dating to c.1000-800 BC. The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-oval in section with both ends terminating in old damage. The fragment is a small section of the blade with a convex/raised midrib (14mm wide, max 8.8mm thick) flanked by a pair of parallel longitudinal grooves on either side c.3mm from the long edge on both faces. The grooves do not appear to narrow on the fragment and the distance is the same between the lines at the upper and lower section of the fragment (14mm) although the long edges of the blade are da…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Sunday 27th December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-05F92B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin or stud of probable Roman date (AD 43-AD 410). The head is spherical with a height of 8mm and diameter of 9.7mm. The shaft (heavily corroded) is circular in plan and tapers to a distorted diameter of 1.5mm. The object is a dark green patina with an overall height of 23.9mm and weighs 3.47g. A similar pin was found in Colchester (Crummy 1983, No 2995). The Colchester example is described by Crummy (ibid.) as almost certainly from furniture upholstery and is dated to the 2nd century AD. Similar objects are also recorded on the PAS database, e.g. …
Created on: Friday 9th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-4956A2
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy late medieval to early post medieval purse bar (c. AD 1420-1600) of Williams class A2. The object consists of a side-bar (68.5mm long, 9.8mm wide and 7mm thick), part of a pendant frame (surviving length of 25.8mm, 4.5mm wide, 3.6mm thick) with surviving perforation (c.2mm in diameter) expanding from the bottom of the bar, and a central boss (20.2mm in height, 22mm wide and 13.3mm thick) with a heavily corroded iron swivel pin through the middle (30.1mm in surviving length). The surviving side-bar, or arm, is rectangular in plan and section and fea…
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-47AD02
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead ring, likely a spindle whorl, of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The object is circular in plan and slightly plano-convex in profile with a central perforation. The object is a light grey colour and with a smooth surface with in external diameter of 17.6mm, 6mm thick and weighs 8.48g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-47A1F1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast lead weight or possibly spindle whorl of unknown date. The object is circular in plan with uneven thickness across the surface and a central but slightly off-centre circular perforation.
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-471F48
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast lead weight or possibly spindle whorl of unknown date. The object is circular in plan with uneven thickness across the surface and a central but slightly off-centre circular perforation.
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-61F0CD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a Roman radiate (a barbarous radiate) probably of Tetricus I (AD 271-274), dating to the period AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). COMES AVG reverse type, depicting Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. Copying Gallic Mint I.
Created on: Monday 7th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-61D844
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman radiate or nummus of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD 260-402. Uncertain reverse type. Unclear mint.
Created on: Monday 7th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-605F74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman as of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD c.41-c.250. Uncertain reverse type, unclear mint.
Created on: Monday 7th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FC7EF0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman radiate possibly of Gallienus (sole reign AD 260-268), dating to the period AD 260-268 (Reece Period 13). Probably ORIENS AVG reverse type, probably depicting Sol left. Unclear mint.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FC0AA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD 330-402. Uncertain reverse type. Unclear mint.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FBDC36
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Helena (AD 324-341), dating to the period AD 337-341 (Reece Period 17). PAX PVBLICA reverse type, depicting Pax standing left, holding a branch and transverse sceptre. Unclear mint.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FB999C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy possible contemporary copy of a Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337) or Constantine II (AD 317-340), dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece Period 17). Victory on prow [CONSTANTINOPOLIS] reverse type. Unclear mint. The coin is a mule: the obverse of Constantine I or II and the reverse of the CONSTANTINOPOLIS type.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FB4853
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Valentinian (AD 364-378), dating to the period AD 364-375 (Reece Period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type, depicting Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Mint of Lyons or Arles.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FA62F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Edward IV (Second Reign 1471-1483). Pierced cross initial mark, minted in London, 1473-1477 (North 1641). The coin has been slightly clipped.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FA0084
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Unclear initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1558-1582 (North 1987/1999).
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-F9CFEA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval groat of Henry VIII (1509-1547). Second coinage, rose initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1526-1529 (North 1797). The coin has a double bend but is not very worn. Coins with a double bend are sometimes referred to as love tokens but they may have been used for supposed amuletic properties. Manville (2014, p. 20) says of bent coins: “A twice bent coin might be carried in the pocket or wallet as a protection against the ‘evil eye’ or other witchcraft, hence the crooked sixpence of the children’s rhyme. Other so-called lucky pocket pieces might be …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6685EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman flat disc brooch (c. AD 75-300). The brooch is missing the pin. The body of the brooch is circular in plan and flat in profile (24.5mm in diameter, 2.1mm depth). Six peripheral knops (c. 3.7mm wide) decorate the outer circumference but all have been broken sometime in antiquity. The hinge mechanism is positioned on the reverse of the top knop, which is broken and missing appx. half of the height in an old break (surviving height is 7.7mm, 3.7mm wide). Directly across the plate is another knop which accommodates the catchplate on the reverse (survi…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-52635A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman radiate of Claudius II (AD 268-270), dating to the period AD 268-270 (Reece Period 13). Probably ANNONA AVG reverse type, depicting Annona, draped, standing left, foot on prow, holding corn-ears in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. Probably mint of Rome. RIC V Claudius Gothicus 18 or 19.
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-51A28A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 307-361), dating to the period AD 335-340 (Reece Period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type, depicting two soldiers and one standard. Unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-5185B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period AD 353-361 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting soldier advancing left, spearing fallen horseman. Unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-4FB785
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 307-361), dating to the period AD 332-333 (Reece Period 17). Victory on prow [CONSTANTINOPOLIS] reverse type. Mint of Trier. RIC VII Treveri 543.
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-4F62E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy possible contemporary copy of a Roman radiate of Carausius (AD 286-293), dating to the period AD 286-293 (Reece Period 14). PAX AVGG reverse type, depicting Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and vertical sceptre in left hand. Copying mint of London prototype. cf. RIC V, 138.
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-12DD54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch of 7th or 8th century date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by one terminal and part of the hoop (with a surviving length of 23.6mm, a surviving width of 18.5mm and a weight of 2.5g). The surviving terminal (14.6mm wide, 14.4mm long and 2.0mm – 2.4mm thick) is rounded with a straight inner edge and is flat. It is possible that the inner edge was connected to the missing terminal as seen on pseudo-penannular brooches. The decoration on the terminal is corroded but is of geometric form and has a raised border defining an inn…
Created on: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0943D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring. The cast finger-ring is fragmentary, missing the base of the hoop and the setting (with a surviving height of 11.3mm, a width of 21.0mm, an internal diameter of 17.6mm and a weight of 2.8g). The hoop has broken beneath the shoulders, where the hoop is of triangular section (2.4mm wide and 1.2mm thick). The sides are divergent to the bezel (with a maximum width and thickness of 10.2mm and 4.3mm respectively) and have a flanged border. The shoulders have a pronounced mid-ridge, which extends to the setting on the bezel. The bezel setting is oval (8.9…
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-08CD35
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle to Late Bronze Age socketed axehead of uncertain type, possibly related to Type Wallington (Schmidt & Burgess, 1980, p. 175-6)[1] of Wilburton Wallington metalworking dated to c. 1300 – 1000BC The cast axehead is complete (with a length of 102.6mm and a weight of 242.2g). The interior of the mouth is oval (27.2mm x 190mm) and the top irregular with the suggestion of four-runner casting. The exterior of the mouth is sub-rectangular (39.6mm x 27.5mm) with a prominent rounded mouth moulding or collar (3mm – 6mm thick and 10mm -13mm long) and has a noticeable shelf …
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-584299
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of enamelled Trumpet-derivative, Wroxeter type and of 1st or 2nd AD century date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the damaged head and top of the bow (with a surviving length of 28.3mm, a surviving depth of 17.1mm and a weight of 5.1g). The missing spring was secured within a D-shaped recess at the rear of the head (13.8mm wide and 10.2mm long) with the axis bar secured within the sides, now damaged. Above the D-shaped head is an integral head plate (with a surviving height of 8.4mm and a thickness of 2.0mm) which has broken at the…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-582765
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of enamelled T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd AD century date The cast brooch is incomplete and distorted, broken at the top of leg (with a surviving length of 34.5mm, a surviving depth of 8.6mm and a weight of 7.0g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now damaged (with a surviving width of 27.9mm and a diameter of 4mm). The copper alloy axis bar is evident within the wings. At the head is the damaged stub of an integral chain loop. The head projects forward creating a flat rectangular platform (10.6mm wide, 6mm long and 1.8mm thick…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-57BB32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd AD century date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the catch-plate and pin and has a distorted bow (with a length of 46.4mm, a surviving depth of 17.8mm and a weight of 11.7g). The copper alloy spring remains in place, secured within semi-tubular wings (with a width of 24.1mm and a diameter of 6mm – 7mm). The spring coils four times each side of the pin and the chord is tensioned by an open lug at the head. The wing terminals are angled inwards slightly and the fronts are decorated with two vertical incise…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-486328
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight, English century for a half ryal A post-medieval copper alloy coin weight, probably for a spur ryal of James I (1603-25). It is flat and square in shape. Some detail is visible on one side, including a rounded possible circular border in the bottom right corner.
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-483E3D
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval pewter spoon of 17th or 18th century date The spoon is fragmentary represented by the flattened bowl and end of the stem (with an overall length of 99.5mm and a weight of 59.4g). The stem is oval-sectioned at the break (8.1mm x 5.0mm) and extends along the underside of the bowl as a gradually weakening rib or ‘rat’s tail’. The bowl was of elongated oval form (85mm long and 50mm wide), now missing part of one side. There is no obvious maker’s mark now discernible on the bowl. The surface is corroded with a beige corrosion over the mid-grey metal.
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-E1B593
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary copper alloy and iron probable dagger of uncertain date, potentially Iron Age. The only parts of the dagger remaining are the basal 4.8cm of iron blade and short section of the tang fitted into a copper alloy guard. The blade is forged iron and is heavily corroded and missing much of its original, unknown length. A rectangular sectioned core of less corroded iron can be seen. The copper alloy guard consists of a small faceted collar with a rounded, flattened octagonal cross section and a moulded lip around its top edge. Two small symmetrical quillons project laterally fro…
Created on: Monday 8th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-FA587C
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy transverse wing terret, probably of a triple projections type (Lewis 2015). It was likely originally D shaped in plan but at least half of the ring is missing. The fragment is distorted towards the top giving a distorted surviving length of (74.2). The surviving wings project externally and are ovoid in cross section, the larger being (29.1) in diameter and the smaller (15.3). The breaks are old. There is some active corrosion on the ends of wings and the larger broken end of the ring. The ring is circular from a transverse view (with a maximum surviving dia…
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-550E2B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary copper alloy object of unknown function, purpose, and date, although a Roman origin is suspected. The object is made from a single piece of copper alloy, sub rectangular in plan with convex sides and squared off ends, one tapering. In profile the object has curving, flattened S-shaped profile and is much thicker (c. 6mm) at one end than the other (c.2.3mm). One face bears crude incised linear decorations that broadly match the plan of the object with two transverse lines at the widest point of the face. The surface has mostly corroded, with areas of rust coloured and gre…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-3C5825
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman cast copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch of the Wroxeter type (c. 75-200 AD). The brooch is near-complete, missing appx. 1/3 of the pin. The brooch weighs 24.21g and measures 17.2mm wide across the bow head and 52.9mm long. The head-plate is D-shaped trumpet derivative with incised linework decoration on the sides. The head-plate is 17.2mm wide, 19mm long and 8.9mm thick. The back of the head-plate curves upwards and comes to a point suggesting that a chain loop may have been originally cast with the head-plate but is now missing. On the reverse the spring is he…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1A8C8A
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: The reported object is a small post-medieval silver seal matrix (weight 6.92g.). The oval matrix is engraved in Roman capitals: W T 1615, within a rope border. The owner’s initials are surmounted by a six pointed star (some soil remains in engraved design). The handle takes the form of a dolphin whose tail forms a circular loop for a suspension chain of ribbon. The oval matrix has a single engraved rope border, and measures 13.5mm x 16.08mm. The matrix thickness is 1.9mm. The overall height of the matrix and handle is 27.3mm. Summary and conclusions: …
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-1A2539
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold fede or fidelity ring. The misshapen hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The outer face is decorated with a floral pattern. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Let virtue be thy guide, in vertical italic script. There appears to be a touch mark (indistinct) after the inscription. Internal hoop diameter 14.7 x 16.9mm; band width 4mm; band thickness 1.2mm; weight 3.89g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Summary and conclusions: The style of the lettering, in particular the loops to right on the ascenders on the ‘h&rsqu…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-193AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The silver object is a fragment of penannular brooch, one terminal and about 40% of the hoop surviving. The surviving terminal has a flat lozenge-shaped form, with rectangular cross-section, similar in thickness to that of the oval hoop, which has an oval cross-section. It is decorated on the external face with a central ring-and-dot motif, surrounded by four single punched dots. The terminal has bevelled edges on front and back faces. Gilding survives in the recessed decoration, suggesting that the terminals, if not the whole brooch, were once gilded. The original h…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penllyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-D8DAC8
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead papal bulla of Innocent III (1198-1216)The cast circular bulla is near-complete, with some damage on the both faces (with a diameter of 37.6mm – 38.8mm, a thickness of 3.6mm - 5.7mm and a weight of 42.4g). The bull is of Pope Innocent III (papacy: 1198-1216). The obverse face depicts the heads of the two Patron Saints, Paul and Peter within beaded frames and beneath the legends: SPA and SPE. There is a cross patée on a staff between the saints. The reverse face has the legend: INNO CENTIVS .PP.III There is an omega over the PP. There is a rect…
Created on: Monday 20th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-BF8AE9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman denarius of Tiberius (AD 14-37), dating to c. AD 14-37 (Reece Period 1). PONTIF MAXIM reverse type depicting a female figure seated right, holding a vertical sceptre and branch. Mint of Lyon. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 95, no. 30.
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-D78039
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649), pellet/book initial marks (North 2342), minted at Aberystwyth in 1638-1642. The coin is a mule of a Tower of London obverse with the pellet initial mark with an Aberystwyth reverse with the book initial mark (North 1991, p. 172, no. 2342, see footnote 114).
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-D72FD7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver medieval groat of Edward IV (First Reign 1461-1470), Light Coinage, sun/? initial marks, minted in Coventry in 1461-1466 (North 1581).
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-938D1F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type, cf Mackreth 2011, CD PH 4.i1. Plate 47, and of 120-240 AD. The cast brooch is heavily-corroded and incomplete missing the leg and pin and is a comparatively small example (with a surviving length of 26.0mm. a surviving depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 2.9g). The copper alloy spring is secured between lateral lugs, around a copper alloy axis bar. The chord is tensioned by a hook at the head. There is the suggestion of vertical grooves on the short wings (with a width of 14.2mm and a diameter of 5.5mm). The square-sectioned head (4.7m…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-49C102
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval to Post-medieval copper alloy decorated plate probably of 11th or 12th century date. The flat plate is fragmentary, with an intact top edge but with all other edges broken in antiquity (with a surviving length of 31.6mm, a surviving width of 21.4mm and a weight of 3.8g). The late has a uniform thickness (of 1.2mm) and the rear of the plate is not decorated. The surviving part of the top edge (24.2mm long) is undamaged and has an outer-grooved border, inside of which is a decorated strip within a border. The strip has a symmetrical device of a stylised dolphin'…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-442461
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud variant type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, much of the catch-plate and the chain-loop (with a surviving length of 38.5mm, a depth of 16.2mm and a weight of 6.5g). The pin was hinged within tubular wings (of 5mm diameter and 13.1mm wide) The fronts of the wings are angled towards the bow and has vertical ribs, as is sometimes seen on Headstud and allied types. Above the head is a damaged, integral chain-loop. The bow projects forward from the head, before a near-perpendicular bend. The top …
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-43FF21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud Variant type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is near-complete, missing the chain-loop but distorted (with a surviving distorted length of 53.4mm, a distorted depth of 14.1mm and a weight of 7.0g). The pin is hinged within a semi-tubular arrangement behind the wings (with a width of 18.1mm and a surviving length of 7.2mm). There is a stub at the apex, possibly remnants of an integral chain-loop. There is no surviving decoration on the fronts of the wings. The bow is of flat-section, with straight sides, gradually converging…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-CA5AD1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval to post medieval copper alloy purse bar probably of 16th century date The purse is represented by the loop and the bar and is heavily-corroded (with a weight of 32.0g) and is of Ward Perkins (1940, p 168)[1] Type B2. The loop is oval, with near-parallel sides (with an overall length of 19mm and a width of 9.0mm, 15.4mm x 6.2mm internal). The loop has a globular, sub-spherical fitting each side of the central block. The shank has been peened over the basal globular fitting (of 8.9mm diameter) to secure it. The central block is oval (17.7mm wide, 13.6mm high and 14.6mm …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-B1B007
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the spring and leg (with a surviving length of 29.6mm, a surviving depth of 17.6mm and a weight of 7.5g). The missing spring was secured within a perforated single lug at the rear of the head. The trumpet head is D-shaped to sub-triangular (10.3mm wide and 10.7mm high) with no evidence for a chain-loop or plate on the head. There is a flat border around the sub-triangular bow at the head. The upper bow narrows towards the button on the mid-bow. The button is corroded bu…
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-957196
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
One hundred and eighteen Roman copper-alloy coins, principally from the first half of the 4th century A.D. (see appended list). These may be summarised as follows: Late third century, 2; House of Constantine I; pre-330, 7; 330-35, 79; 335-40, 19; 340-8, 4; 348-50, 2; uncertain, 5. The coins are all of copper alloys containing less than ten per cent of silver by weight. A series of finds from the same general area, comprising pottery and metalwork, was submitted for examination as potentially originally associated with the coins: see reports by Peter Webster and Evan Chapman, attache…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-4BC96E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Small annular decorative silver brooch. The frame is decorated with beading in the form of enlarged filigree. There is no restriction in the frame for the pin which has a flat plain shaft and wrap around head. External diameter 215.4 x 15mm; inner diameter 13 x 12.4mm; maximum frame thickness 1.4mm; weight 0.96g. Surviving pin length 11mm; thickness 1.4mm (some of shaft and head missing). The surviving pin is in three fragments (recent breaks, associated with discovery). In terms of size and design, the brooch is of thirteenth- to mid-fourteenth-century form.
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-4B4EDF
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a small closed thimble made of silver sheet, with the separate crown soldered to the main body. It is complete, although damaged with horizontal, concentric bands of uniformly executed annulets on the external surface and the same annulet pattern on the crown, set in lines. The rim is lipped with a single band of beading directly above. Near the base on one side is a small, plain, sub-rectangular panel or cartouche with the crudely engraved initials 'EW' in neat serif Roman capitals and a small makers mark bearing the initials WC within a shield. The thimble has…
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-340E0E
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver gilt dress-hook in the form of an openwork lozenge, embellished with small cast pellets on the front face, and larger knobs terminating the outer angles. A quatrefoil has been riveted to the centre of the design, which also has a form of two-strand interlace (resembling chain links). On the reverse of the lozenge is a plain bar loop, which has a circular cross-section. Gilding may become apparent on conservation. The end of the hook is missing. Dimensions: Overall length 36.3mm; maximum width 25.1mm; height of lozenge 26.7mm; thickness including pellets 3.5mm;…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-32905B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description Silver gilt posy ring, very worn on outside but probably once gilt all over. The broad hoop has a plain outer surface, and a flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: FEARE + GOD + ONLY, in Roman capitals. Internal hoop diameter 19 mm; external hoop diameter 22.7 X 22.5mm; band width 5.4 mm; band T. 1.5mm; weight 4.77g.
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-30ACA3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The two silver items are both fragmentary: Fragment 1: a small rectangular piece of hack-silver, cut from a silver vessel. All four edges have been cut, and there is a hesitant transverse cut running inside one of the longer edges. Both faces of the silver are plain, and the fragment is flat. Maximum length 14mm x width 9.1mm x thickness 2.6mm. Weight 2.27g. Fragment 2: small 'pie-slice' fragment from a circular lid or vessel rim, with a plain bevelled edge. The surviving rim diameter can be estimated at about 9-10cm. Maximum length 15.6mm x width 16.45 x maximum thickness…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-47E80B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin A contemporary copy of a William I (1066-87) penny. Uncertain mint and moneyer. cf. BMC 6, North 846, sword type (1079-82) but with a crude bust and the sword to the right 18.5mm - 18.7mm diam.; 0.5mm thick; 1.26g Martin Allen says of the coin: A contemporary imitation, probably produced in south Wales or the Welsh March (cf. Edward Besly, BNJ 86 (2016), p. 148 and Pl. 24, no. 197). I would read the inscriptions as follows: Obv. +IMII+D[R?]I+II Rev. +DVNI+I[ ]IIID
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-B1A80D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval silver coin Aethelraed II penny CRVX type BMC iii a, North 770 (c. 991-7) [ M].OGI[ ] Uncertain moneyer; uncertain mint (possible mints: Gloucester [GL--], Ilchester [GIFELSCT] or Ipswich [GIPESWIC]) 0.70g, incomplete and in two fragments
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-FEB876
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Charles I (1625-49) half groat, London Group D, privy mark: Tun (1637-8) North 2575 1.00g, pierced but without a loss of metal
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-ED70E6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla of 15th or 16th century date The ampulla is incomplete, missing much of the neck on one face (with a length of 47.9mm and a weight of 26.2g). The mouth is damaged and not present on one face (with a width of 25.6mm). The neck appears to have had straight sides, slightly converging towards the body. No decoration is evident on the surviving neck. One of the suspension loops survive, now distorted and is angular, with a perpendicular return positioned between the top of the body and the lower part of the neck (with a length of 9.3mm). The body of the a…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-ED113B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver coin Incomplete and burnt denarius of uncertain emperor, probably of late 1st or early 2nd century AD date 2.2g
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-ECF9A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and lower part of the leg (with a surviving length of 35.5mm, a surviving depth of 17.0mm and a weight of 9.1g). The missing pin appears to have been hinged, rather than sprung, as is more usual on Trumpet brooches. At the rear of the head is a groove to accommodate the axis bar and at the centre a square recess to allow the pin to hinge. The hinge was likely to have been enclosed but is now truncated. The trumpet head is oval (16.8mm wide and 11.4mm long) and no…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D91596
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Charles I (1625-49) half groat, London Reverse inscription: IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRM[AT] 0.63g, worn, battered and holed
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D901B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin James I (1603-25) sixpence for Ireland, struck in London (legal tender in England and Wales at 4 1/2 pence First coinage (1603-4), privy mark: Bell Spink 6514 1.43g, worn and bent
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D8EA21
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) sixpence, London Privy mark and date illegible 2.06g, worn
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D8D265
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Henry VII (1485-1509) half groat, Canterbury Facing bust type (Class IIIb), with rosette stops and Tun initial mark (c. 1490-1500) North 1712 1.20g
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D8AF92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Incomplete 'Short Cross' halfpenny, probably Class 5 (1205-9) or later Uncertain mint and moneyer with several possibilities [Io]han 0.35g
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D89D4D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of 14th to 16th century date The buckle has an oval frame with ornate outside edge and a solid, integral plate and is missing the pin (with a slightly distorted length of 46.3mm and a weight of 16.5g). The outside edge is expanded and of sub-circular section with protruding rounded ends (giving a length of 26.3mm, a diameter of 6.6mm - 7.4mm). At the centre of the outside edge is a notch for the missing pin. The sides of the frame are convex and of slender rectangular section (with a maximum width to the frame of 28.3mm and with a section of 2.2mm wide a…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D8445B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
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 and is heavily-corroded (with a surviving length of 34.7mm, a surviving depth of 15.3mm and a weight of 14.2g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 24.2mm and a diameter of 9mm). The axis bar remains within the wings and is made of iron and iron corrosion staining at the rear of the head suggests that the pin was also iron. There is the suggestion of vertical ribbing on the front of the wings but corr…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-440559
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled Trumpet-derivative bow brooch, probably of type Wroxter type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg, pin and head-plate (with a surviving length of 35.7mm, a surviving depth of 14.5mm and a weight of 13.3g). The spring is secured around a copper alloy axis bar and attached through perforations each side of the head. The trumpet-derivative head is of D-shaped form (16.5mm wide and with a surviving length of 19.5mm). The sides of the head have two grooves, defining ribs and with the rounded underside, echoes the internal …
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-1B5576
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy bead from a beaded torc of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The bead is near-complete and is of irregular, sub-triangular form but with a concave recess that is flanked by protruding knops at each vertex (with a length of 23.4mm, a width of 26.7mm and a weight of 6.5g). At the centre is a sub-square aperture (8.2mm x 7.7mm) through the flat-sectioned plate (2.2mm thick) to accommodate the missing iron rod, on which the beads would have been 'strung' flanked by spacers. The faces of the flat plate are somewhat irregular and not less finished. The two forward-f…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-6030C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of oval frame and integral rigid plate type, of mid-13th or 14th century date The buckle is probably near-complete, perhaps missing the attachment end (with a length of 41.4mm and a weight of 4.0g). The outside edge is embellished with an integral bilobed openwork device, probably a crown. The frame is oval (giving the buckle a maximum width of 13.2mm) and is of sub-rectangular section (with a width of 1.7mm - 2.7mm and a thickness of 2.2mm). There is a circular perforation behind the frame to accommodate the copper alloy pin (with a length of 13.5mm). Th…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-5D8633
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of Chester sub-type (Hull's Type 154) and Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group C of 2nd century AD dated The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot, catch-plate and spring and is heavily-corroded (with a surviving length of 39.7mm, a surviving depth of 20.0mm and a weight of 6.1g). The missing spring was secured around a perforated lug, at the rear of the head. Iron corrosion around the lug suggests that an iron axis bar and possibly also an iron spring was employed. The trumpet-head is oval (10.2mm long and 9.5mm wide) with no surviving …
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-5D4879
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint knife or awl, probably of Neolithic date The knife is incomplete with the tip fragment represented (with a surviving length of 32.2mm, a maximum thickness of 4.0mm and a weight of 2.3g). Although the knife appears to have broken across its width (where it has a width of 15.5mm), there appears to be retouch over the break, perhaps suggesting the tip was deliberately backed and implying a possibly secondary use as an awl. Both sides are retouched along their entire surviving lengths, as they converge to the tip. The retouch is confined to the dorsal surface, although …
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-5CEEAD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a Roman nummus (maiorina) of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period AD 353-361 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a soldier advancing left, spearing a fallen horseman. Copying unclear mint. 1.28g, corroded
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-623A54
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze Wessex dagger of Camerton-Snowshill Series (following Gerloff 1975) or Series 5D (following Needham 2015), and of Needham's (1996) Period 4-5, probably dating from c. 1600 to 1400BC The dagger is incomplete, missing the hilt and is slightly distorted (with a surviving length of 112.1mm and a weight of 31.5g). The damaged butt is now of indeterminate form (with a maximum surviving width of 30.7mm and a thickness of 0.8mm) but there is the remains of a rivet hole or notch at the apex of the centre (of approximately 5.3mm diameter). The dagger thickens at its …
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2017
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