Record ID: NMGW-66F2B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Gallienus (joint reign with Valentinian, AD 253-60) radiate Base silver; CERMANICVS MAX V; Gaul mint, probably Trier Cunetio 716, Elmer 40 2.91g
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-647CCB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Charles II (1660-85) Shilling, Tower Mint Third hammered issue, 1660-2; privy-mark: Crown CAROLVS II D G MAG B[R FR E]T HI [REX] CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO North 2764; 4.54g: clipped, worn, holed; has been gilded and folded. This is a damaged example of a coin that appears to have had an eventful existence. At some point early in its life, the coin has been gilded; it has also been folded thrice, to form a triangular or 'cocked hat' shape and has received a small piercing close to the top, as viewed on the obverse. It has subsequently bee…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-64466E
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: Pheon and dated 1562[1 mint] 2.77g
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-562322
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, London Class IIIa (double-arched crown) Privy mark: Lys North 1708 0.64g, lose fragment
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-560F50
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Henry V (1413-1422) halfpenny, London annulets by hair 0.39g, nibbled
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-55F4A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Henry VI (1422-61) halfpenny, Calais Annulets Issue (1422-7) 0.51g, some wear
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-55DAF0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward I (1272-1307) penny, York (royal) Class 9b1 (c. 1299-1302) 1.27g, incomplete
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-55C835
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward I (1272-1307) penny, London Class 4b (1280-9); 1.36g
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-55ADEA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward I (1272-1307) penny, London Class 4b (1280-9); Pellet by crown on the obverse 1.34g
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-556CFA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Henry III 'Long Cross' cut halfpenny Class IIIb (c. 1248-50) NIC[-OLE-ONL]VND Nicole, London 0.59g
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-5368B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver coin Fragment from a late 4th century siliqua, uncertain emperor Reverse possibly read: [VIRTVS ROMANOR]VM; Roma seated left Probably Trier mint, c. AD 388-94 0.35g, worn and has been clipped, suggesting that the coin was of some age when lost.
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-530D4B
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 fragmentary, missing middle and lower parts of the bow but with the pin complete (with a length of 41.2mm, a depth of 16.8mm and a weight of 6.7g). The pin (with a length of 33.1mm and a diameter of 1.4mm) is hinged within tubular wings. The wings (with a width of 27.7mm and a diameter of 4.2mm - 5.0mm) have raised terminals, enhanced with a double-rib. The rear of the wings has slight flanges at the top and bottom. At the head is an integral chain-loop (with a diameter of 7.2mm, an internal d…
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Saturday 12th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-527EF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Henry VIII (1509-47) halfpenny, London First coinage (1509-16); initial mark: possibly castle North 1779 0.40g
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5231B9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) shilling, London Privy mark: Martlet (1560-1) 5.13g, worn and bent
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-51D98E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably of Polden Hill type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the comparatively large head and top of the bow only (with a surviving length of 37.8mm, a surviving depth of 16.9mm and a weight of 14.0g). The wings are largely lost (with a surviving width of 19.5mm) but are likely to have end lugs to secure the axis bar, in a 'Polden Hill' type arrangement). The head had curved mouldings on the side, now corroded (giving the head a width of 14.3mm). There is a stub at the apex of the head, possibly suggesting a claw w…
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-3A2A2D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward III sterling, Aquatine Possibly minted in Bordeaux Elia 56E 1.28g
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-2B000C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The pendant is of cruciform type and is near-complete missing the top of the loop (with a surviving length of 30.5mm and a weight of 9.4g). The incomplete loop (with a surviving length of 4.4mm and a diameter of 2.6mm) is thinned (at 1.7mm). The cruciform pendant comprises a central square box (7.2mm square and 6.3mm thick) with narrowed arms of D-shaped section (2mm wide and 3-4mm thick) with sub-spherical terminals (6mm - 8mm diameter). There is likely to have been a motif on the central box but is no longer disce…
Created on: Monday 6th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-253DE8
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 lower part of the leg, the catch-plate and pin (with a surviving length of 31.3mm, a surviving depth of 8.5mm and a weight of 3.7g). The missing pin was hinged within D-shaped section, tubular wings (4.5mm high) with a copper alloy axis bar. The wings are truncated (with a surviving width of 25.0mm) and were decorated near the terminals with grooves. There is a stub at the head, suggesting an integral chain-loop, now lost. The upper bow is of rectangular section wi…
Created on: Monday 6th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 6th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-630E70
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The find comprises five gold and twelve silver coins; the two 'stray' coins are indicated by asterisks. These two coins, like all but one of the remainder, are issues of Edward III, contemporary with the others and like them of full weight. One has seen some rough usage, but on balance the two were originally associated with the others. There appear to be no associated contemporary finds; sherds of Roman pottery and a copper alloy coin, of 4th-century date, were recovered in the same general area. With one exception, the coins are all post-1351 issues of Edward III (1327-77) in …
Created on: Monday 28th July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-CD2C58
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age hoard comprising eleven objects: 1. South Wales Type ribbed socketed axe Dimensions: length 98.1mm; blade width 56.1mm; external mouth dimensions 50.1 by 39.6mm; internal mouth dimensions 32.1 by 25.6mm; depth of socket approx. 64mm; width body below loop 36.7mm; dimensions projecting runner stubs (1) 7.9 by 2.3mm; height 0.5mm; (2) 8.6 by2.8mm; height 0.1mm; (3) 7.7 by 2.6mm; height 0.1mm; dimensions negative runner scar (4) 6.4 by 2.7mm; weight 270.0g A complete bronze socketed axe with a prominent out-splayed mouth moulding and a rectangular shaped body …
Created on: Monday 21st July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-928F55
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
This is a complete and small penannular ring (or 'hair-ring') decorated with gold foil and a silvery gold inlayed strip. It appears that the gold foil was wrapped around a copper core, and around this, in continuous spiral fashion a silvery gold strip was inlayed, to provide a striped colour effect. The stripes are wide, with four silvery gold inlayed stripes and five gold foil stripes evident around the ring. The terminals are flat-ended and not expanded, 1.3mm apart on the interior side and 2.7mm apart on the exterior side. Careful examination of the terminals shows the folded over …
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-91F46E
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a silver bodkin-type dress-pin with ear scoop on one end, and tapering to a point at the other end. The shaft has a flattened quadrangular cross-section, and engraved on both sides between the head and threading hole is a flower-head motif, with a flower repeated below the eye. The pin is bent, and has not received any conservation.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 18th July 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-9B1B42
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy linch-pin of Vase-headed type and probably of 1st century AD date The linch-pin is fragmentary, represented by the copper alloy head, missing the iron shank and mouth (with a surviving length 21.3mm of and a weight of 27.2g). The terminal is sub-circular (with a diameter of 25.6mm - 27.7mm) and the face is gently convex. There is a rim border (2.4mm wide and 1.5mm deep) around the face enclosing a central raised triskele. The terminals of each of the triskele arms are expanded and the outside part of the arms abuts the border. There is an incised border, now …
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-9A0D95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edward the Confessor (1042-66) penny PACX type BMC iv (c. 1042-4); uncertain mint and moneyer and possibly imitative. Same dies as BNJ 78 (2008) p 284, 272; NMWPA 2006.201 1.04g
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4F3F08
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative finger ring. The slightly misshapen hoop is of flattened D cross-section with raised external edges, and has an internal diameter of 17.5 x 20mm. The outer surface is decorated with four plain narrow diagonal bands separated by lines of beading. The band width is 6mm; weight 3.78g. The ring, which has unevenly worn inner and outer surfaces, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The decorative style and form of the ring indicate that it dates to the period. 1500-50. Similar examples with zig-zag rather than parallel diagonal banding have been found at Buckingham…
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-4F20A0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The finger-ring is a silver gilt decorative ring, complete. It has a rectangular bezel with a median ridge (creating two facets), which continues onto the shoulders of the hoop. The bezel is engraved with hatched dashes in a crude zig-zag pattern, either side of the ridge. The shoulder sections of the hoop have a slightly different arrangement, but essentially retain the same decorative motif. Internal diameter 19.9mm; band W. 3.7mm; band T. 0.8mm; bezel W. 5.7mm; weight 3.041g. In terms of size and design, the object is a fine example of a late medieval decorative ring of late fiftee…
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-BA0EC6
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt dress-hook with a square-shaped back-plate cut from a sheet and cusped around the edge, which is perforated. A separate hook and bar loop have been soldered to the back. Attached to the front of the plate by solder is a hollow silver gilt box with three panels, each decorated with a pair of hollow hemispherical bosses, surrounded by fine filigree and plain rods demarcating panels. The is a cast fleur-de-lys above the pin and the junction with the base, and there are pellets between the bosses. The back of the baseplate is engraved with an 'X' or 'V' and an 'ω', presumably…
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2013
Last updated: Sunday 20th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-6AEC64
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver sterling penny of Edward III (1327-77) as Duke of Aquitaine; Anglo-Gallic series (Elias 56E); mint: Bordeaux (possibly)
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 13th May 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-6AC7A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ireland Medieval silver coin of Richard III (1483-5) penny, Dublin mint Cross and pellets coinage Spink 6410
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-6A0686
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze Developed flat axe of uncertain sub-type and of Needham's (1996) Period 3 dated to c. 2050 - 1700BC. The axe is complete and is of diminutive size (with an overall length of 79.9mm and a weight of 56.8g). The butt (with a width of 13mm) is straight but angled. Both sides are convex, reaching its maximum width (of 17.1mm) immediately behind the proto stop ridge, before expanding sharply to produce an expanded blade edge. The side facets have been hammered and are also convex across their depths, with a maximum depth at the stop (of 10.9mm and a maximum height…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-C24337
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin PENNY OF STEPHEN (1135-54) of 'Watford' type, c.1140; Swansea mint, moneyer Henri? Obverse: + [ST]IEFN[E REIS] (S and N retrograde) Crowned bust to r., sceptre in front; small cross behind neck Reverse: [ ]E[ ]E · ON[ ] Cross Moline with a fleur in each angle Little of the reverse legend is visible, but the obverse die is shared with two specimens from the 1980 Coed-y-Wenallt (Cardiff) hoard (Boon 1986, p.74, nos 19-20), which bear the mint signature 'Swensi'; on one the moneyer's name is rendered as 'Eini', interpreted as 'Henri', the only named moneyer known …
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-C14CE7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic and zoomorphic handle The handle appears to be near-complete, with some damage to the socket and crushing on one face (with a length of 61.8mm, a maximum width of 31.6mm and a thickness of 18.8mm). The handle is comparatively heavy (at 83.6g) and is either composed of a heavily-leaded bronze or the socket contains lead, presumably as the remnants for a fixing. The decoration comprises a human face on each side, facing in opposite directions and adorned with elaborate headgear, which depicts a boar's head. The two faces vary considerably in style; …
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-374301
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy lozenge plate brooch of 2nd century AD date and probably of Repoussé mounted type The plate brooch is of lozenge form, without lugs and is missing the pin and decorative panel (with a length of 38.2mm, a width of 27.2mm and a weight of 7.4g). The missing pin was hinged between twin D-shaped lugs, positioned adjacent to the apex of the rear. The catch-plate remains in place near the base of the rear (giving the brooch a depth of 8.7mm). The rear is slightly convex across its width. The front of the brooch has a raised border (1.9mm from the edge and 0.8mm high), i…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-23DC38
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman radiate of Divus Antoninus Pius, consecration issue under Trajan Decius (AD 249-251), dating to the period c.AD 249-251 (Reece period 12). CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting an Altar. Mint of Rome. RIC IV.3, p. 131, no. 90. Weight: 4.39g Belonging to a scarce series in the names of deified former emperors, issued during the reign of Trajan Decius (AD 249-51). Divo Pio = dative case ('to the divine Pius' = Antoninus Pius). They turn up in very small numbers in mid-third century hoards, and are rare as single finds in Britain.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A52DB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group), of late 1st to early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is comparatively light and is near-complete but is distorted (with a distorted length of 63.3mm a depth of 16.8mm and a weight of 10.0g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism around a copper alloy axis bar and secured at the ends of the wings. The chord was tensioned above the head by a lug. The wing terminals are angled slightly inwards (and the wings have a width of 19.6mm). The fronts o…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A3B6C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy buckle probably of 2nd to 3rd century date The buckle frame is complete but the pin is missing (with a length of 32.8mm and a weight of 5.7g). The strap was attached around a rectangular slot (16.4m long and 8.2mm wide, 11.0mm x 3.2mm internal) at the rear of the buckle of rectangular section (2.0mm thick). The buckle has a minimum width (of 11.5mm) before expanding to the curved outside edge (with a maximum width of 26.5mm). The frame is of sub-triangular section (3.0m thick) and has a decorative C-scroll in the interior, flanking either side of the bar. The bar…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-FABA51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near complete, missing the pin and some peripheral damage (with a length of 33.7mm, a distorted width of 37.6mm and a weight of 6.9g). The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs (6.9mm deep), positioned on the rear of one of the peripheral lugs on the side. The catch-plate is positioned on the rear of the opposing lug (9.9mm deep). The rear of the brooch is hollowed (with an overall distorted depth of 11.5mm). The peripheral lugs are sub-circular (7mm wide by 6-7mm long) and remnants of d…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-FA8D92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Henry II (1154-1189) penny, 'Tealby' Type, c. 1158-80; Class A
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-FA5297
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Irregular nummus; Urbs Roma / wolf and twins type; c. AD 330-50
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A85224
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle-whorl probably of late medieval to post medieval date The spindle-whorl is of rounded biconical form (with a diameter of 26.6mm and a depth of 11.7mm). The central perforation is near-circular (with a diameter of 10.5mm). The spindle-whorl has a weight of 24.9g. The faces of the spindle-worl are decorated with moulded pellets and ribs . The central ridge has a raised knop, which is likely to be the remnants of the casting jet. Spindle whorls of biconical form can be difficult to date once removed from their archaeological context and remained similar from the Romano-Briti…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A72074
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.a2, flat wing ends type, Western Group) of early 2nd to mid 3rd century AD date. The brooch is near complete, missing the pin (with a length of 57.4mm and a weight of 13.8g). The spring mechanism was secured within a Polden Hill type arrangement, with lugs at the terminals to secure the missing axis bar and a lug at the head to tension the chord. The chord and spring remnants survive. The wings (with a width of 27.0mm) are of oval section (7.4mm x 6.8m) and are decorated near the termin…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A70171
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), VIRTVS [AVG], Mars standing right holding spear and leaning on shield. Probably unmarked. RIC V, pt 2, p. 544, cf. 1038. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-A4E598
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to Middle Bronze Age bronze axe, probably either a Developed Flat axe or of Later Short-flanged type and of second millennia BC date. The axe is incomplete missing the butt (with a surviving length of 59.2mm and a weight of 64.7g). The axe is of sub rectangular section and is comparatively slender and stout (with a width at the break of 18.0mm and a thickness of 8.8mm). The axe fragment reaches its thickest point (at 9.4mm), 36mm from the blade edge. The sides of the axe are straight and near parallel for the length of the blade. The casting seams are not discernible on the side…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7FDDE7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus (maiorina) of Magnentius (AD 350-353), dating to the period AD 350-353. FELICITAS REI PVBLICE reverse type, depicting Magnentius, draped, cuirassed, standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and standard with Chi-Rho on banner in left hand. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII, p. 258, no. 264.
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-7FB5E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver coin Lucilla dating to the period AD 164 to 169. VESTA reverse. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 276, no. 789.
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-7FAC90
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy bead from a beaded torc of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The bead is of cruciform or quatrefoil form (with a length of 24.6mm, width of 22.6mm and a weight of 3.4g) and has a central sub-square aperture (9.4mm x 8.4mm) through the central flat-sectioned plate (0.7mm thick) to accommodate the iron rod, on which the beads would have been 'strung'. The four lobes are oval and convex (with a length of 10mm and a width of 8mm) with flanges on both faces to accommodate adjacent beads. Only one of the lobes has decoration, comprising linear incised lines, seemi…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7C8871
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of trumpet derivative type and 2nd century date The brooch is fragmentary and distorted, represented by the upper bow (with a length of 25.6mm and a weight of 2.5g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing. The spring was likely to have been secured within lateral lugs, which have also been lost (giving the wings a surviving 13.7mm). Above the head are the remnants of an integral chain loop. The top of the bow is flat (with a width of 9.8mm and a depth of 7.5mm). The bow has a hollow rear (U-shaped section, with a depth of 3.6mm and a…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-326815
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Poland, Sigismund August (1547-72), four groschen for Lithuania; 1567 Presumably passed as a sixpence
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Sunday 20th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-2E6C15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable nummus of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD 330-402 . Uncertain reverse type. Unclear mint.
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-9E75E1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 9th to later 10th century date The strap-end is incomplete and slightly distorted, missing the outside edge and possibly the attachment edge (with a surviving length of 35.6mm and a weight of 7.0g). The form of strap-end corresponds with Thomas' (2004, p 4) Class F. The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (with a width of 16.9mm) and may have been attached using two circular holes (2.0mm and 1.5mm diameters) near the corners, although there is no slot to accommodate the strap. The sides are straight but irregular and converge towards the …
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-466DC7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Small mouth fragment of a socketed bronze axe, representing one upper face and part of one upper side. The axe has a prominent mouth moulding, the top of which is heavily eroded, removing any trace of runner stubs. Three converging ribs descend from the mouth moulding. The width and contours of the face suggest the axe was slender with a sub-rectangular section with rounded corners. None of the loop or casting seams survives. The fragment has worn edges with light green patches of corrosion. The fragment surfaces have a green patination except between the ribs, where the surface is black.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-0B1F12
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative finger ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section, and has an internal diameter of 19mm. The outer surface is decorated with plain narrow diagonal bands separated by lines of beading. The band width is 4.7mm; weight 4.6g. The ring, which has unevenly worn inner and outer surfaces, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-09E626
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a small ingot of gold, approximately circular and large 'button-sized' in plan view, but with slight circumference irregularities. The ingot has a convex under-surface, with marked surface irregularities. This indicates the gold was poured into a small dished mould 7.0-7.5mm deep, possibly clay, sand or stone, and solidifying to take on the reverse contours of the rough and cracked surface. The upper surface is flatter, though domes slightly at the edges, with slight upper surface concavities. In cross-section, the ingot is D-shaped. Dendritic structures in the metal, created …
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-09A1A5
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plain and elongate gold strip with near parallel sides. One terminal survives, while the other has been torn around 4-7mm from the end. The surviving terminal is loosely folded over, with an external width of 3.5-5mm. The terminal tapers gradually beyond the fold-over, with a flat but slightly convex shaped end and rounded corners. An offset crease, parallel to the terminal-end is visible 2.2-2.5mm from the edge, the strip terminal also being pinched and thinned beyond the crease. Approximately 4mm from the terminal, a pin-hole approximately 0.8mm in diameter perforates the strip. D…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-093625
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A small and creased fragment of gold foil. The foil is folded over in half and has jagged tear edges on three sides.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-08D917
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age hoard of two socketed axes. 1. South Wales-type socketed axe Length 102.0mm, blade width 54.0mm, weight 354.0g. This is a complete bronze axe with an outsplayed mouth moulding and a high loop. The axe has a sub-rectangular shaped mouth in plan, with four runner stubs, indicating a four runner casting technology. The axe has slightly divergent and concave sides, expanding slightly near the blade edge. Three near parallel longitudinal ribs descend from the mouth moulding down both faces of the axe. Prominent casting flashes down the sides and around the loop i…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-085CE6
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
This is one of two hoards found on the same site in 2008. The other hoard (Wales 08.3; NMGW-082308) consists of approximately 2,315 Roman coins. This hoard consists of approximately 3,547 coins. It comprises 14 late-third century 'radiates' and 3,533 nummi, of which 875 were struck between 294/5 and 310 and 2,658 after 310. The latest coins were struck at London and Trier in 319-20. The hoard was buried in a 'Black Burnished Ware' jar, probably produced in south-western England, late third - early fourth century A.D. In summary: Date: Number of Coins …
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 10th July 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-082308
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Approximately 2,315 coins (plus a possible 51 addenda). This comprises 484 'radiate' coins from the period A.D. 260-96; 288 nummi of the first, second and third tetrarchies (Diocletian, Maximian, colleagues and successors, 294/5 - 307); 184 reduced-weight nummi, c.307-10; and 1,359 nummi spanning further reductions in weight after 310, the large majority in the name of Constantine I ('the Great', 306-37). The latest coins were struck at London and Arles, c.318. The hoard was buried in a jar of local South Wales grey ware, probably late third - early fourth century A.D.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 9th July 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E80E34
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The cast bronze terret is incomplete and is slightly distorted, missing decoration at the apex, above the broken arms (as initially reported). The bar is of low oval section and the oval stops are enhanced with a central groove, worn on the interior. The hoop is of faceted tear-shaped section near the stops and thins to a D-shaped section at the apex. The top of the hoop has integral arms, which have both broken near the centre and it is was unclear whether the arms defined a sub-triangular shape or met and diverged again to define two opposing C arms. The arms are of triangular secti…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-B0C420
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt decorative roundel which once adorned the front of a dress-hook loop, to the back of which are soldered three sections of wire (which when complete formed the trefoil loop for the hook). The slightly domed silver gilt boss has a border of 'cable-twist' filigree wire, wound in a spiral to create two strands. Within this, there are five cable-twist 'filigree' wire circlets, and a small granulated pellet in the interspace. Metal content: silver, 96%; copper, 4%.
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-9F38B2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt ring in the form of a broad band with single beaded edges. The inner face is engraved with legend LEVE +TO +DYE ♣ in Roman capitals, with crosslets between words, and a trefoil at the end. The hoop, which has a fracture across it, has an internal diameter of 18.6mm. Weight 5.1g. Approx. metal content: silver, 98%; copper, 2%. The ring has a form and style of lettering typical of a 17th-century date. The inscription may be compared to mottoes such as 'Lets live & die in unity', 'Thee and i will louers die', 'thinke on me;' (Dalton 1912, nos 1234, 1300, 1302). The sty…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-9E6076
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of objects The three coins are all silver issues of King Edward III of England (1327-77), described in standard numismatic classification as follows: 1. groat, London, series D/C, c.1353; 2. half groat, York, Series E, c.1354-5; 3. groat, London, Series F, c.1356. All of the coins are of reasonable weight and slightly worn.
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9DEB70
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of object: Gold finger-ring with a D-shaped cross-section. Externally undecorated, the flat inner face is engraved in Gothic textura (black-letter) script. The engraving appears inexpert (or corrected) in the centre, and so the reading is not clear. All interpretations agree on the first letter as i and the last two as lt. It seems most likely that it is in English and is to be read leelt, 'loyalty' (leelte is an attested Middle English spelling). It may be that the engraver perhaps intended to embellish the 'ee' with a truelove-knot, resulting in the untidiness in the…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dinas Powys', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-9DC905
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description Decorative gold ring with a projecting oval bezel of floriate form with 11 'petals', set with a small uncut (cabochon) almandine garnet. Each petal is engraved with a central dot. There is a small transverse ridge on each side of the bezel at the junction with the hoop, decorated with transverse engraved lines. The shoulders are engraved with short lines in a diaper pattern creating lozenges with central dots. The raised bezel measures 7mm x 5.6mm. The hoop is slightly misshapen, now measuring internally 14.6 x 23.7mm. It has a flattened D cross-section, and tapers slight…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9D9A68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold ring with a projecting facetted rectangular bezel, set with a small uncut (cabochon) purple stone, probably rose quartz. There is a small transverse ridge on each side of the bezel at the junction with the hoop, decorated with transverse engraved lines. The underside of the bezel has buckled. The bezel measures 10.04mm (H) x 8.7mm (W; 10mm including ledges). The hoop is slightly misshapen. Metal Content To judge from its colour and weight, and visual comparison with other gold rings and brooches in the collections of the Department of Archaeology & Numismatics, the i…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rhoose', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-9C3A27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description The reported object is the body of a silver annular brooch; the pin is missing. The brooch has been created by filing down the rim of, and removing the centre from, a silver coin of King Henry VI of England (1422-61); this has created a flat annular brooch with inner diameter of approximately 9mm, outer diameter approximately 22mm, with a thickness of the order of 0.6mm and weight of 2.27g. The brooch survives in two pieces, having at some stage been bent and broken; it has not been cleaned. The 'host' coin is a groat (4d) of Henry VI, struck at the mint of Calais betw…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9BEE04
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Curator's Report Description of object Rein-ring or harness ring (Found in association with Terret (NMGW-9B2D52) This is a substantial cast bronze ring with a circular cross-section. At one point, there is a slight casting imperfection, visible as a slight pitted thinning with a slightly bulbous or raised margin. This would not have compromised the structural strength of the piece. Slight thinning and smoothing of the internal surface on one side of the ring may represent a slight wear facet, created through pressure from straps or a bit-link. On one upper surface, there is a…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-9B2D52
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CORONER'S REPORT Description of object Terret (Found in association with Rein-ring (NMGW-9BEE04) This is a large cast bronze terret, once used as a harness loop on a horse-drawn vehicle, through which reins were passed. In form, it comprises an oval shaped ring with an attachment bar on one longer side, whose margins are defined by two moulded collars. The ring is thinnest at the apex, opposite the attachment bar and expands towards each collar. The attachment bar is flat and rectangular in section, while convex in plan, following the curve of the oval ring. The moulded collars each…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-6E2371
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy simple terret, probably of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The terret is complete with a weight of 65.0g. The bar is slightly curved and has a length of 44.3mm and expands at its centre (to a maximum width of 11.6mm) to produce a lozenge shape. The bar is of triangular section, becoming D-shaped near the hoop and has a thickness at the centre of 4.8mm (7.8mm near the hoop). Prominent collar mouldings divide the bar and the hoop; the mouldings are circular with a diameter of 13.7 and 14.5mm and are 5.2mm thick. Both collar mouldings are worn, but on th…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-DC91C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rome, Republic. Denarius issued by Mark Anthony, during campaign 32-31BC. Well worn 3.591g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-490957
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler’s (1960) Type B (or ‘omega’ / Iberian type) and of sub-type B3, probably of c. mid 1st to early 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, but is complete except for the missing pin (with a width of 45mm, a height of 44mm and a weight of 14.2g). The hoop is of quadrangular section (having a width of 6.0mm and a thickness of 4.0mm) with rounded faces, faceted on the interior edge. The terminals are composed of a crescent moulding opposing the hoop with a ‘tear-shaped’ device between the crescent and hoop. The brooch is erode…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A9D678
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped, applied hook type (Hull's Group 7) and probably of mid to late 1st century date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, wing terminals, foot and catch-plate (with a length of 59.3mm and a weight of 19.6g). The missing spring was likely to have been coiled around an axis bar and secured by lugs at the wing terminals (Polden Hill type arrangement) and with the chord secured by the copper alloy sheet at the head. The damaged wings (with a surviving width of 29.5mm) are decorated with vertical ribbing. The rear of the head has a V-shaped cu…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-A97564
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group IV type, damaged weapon with reworked butt (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 99) and probably of later Penard or Wilberton metalworking industries, corresponding to Needham’s (1996) Periods 5-6, possibly dated to c.1200-900BC The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded (with a surviving length of 87.7mm and a weight of 22.5g). The butt has been formed by hammering to thin the end (with a minimum thickness of 1.5mm) and to define a sub-triangular facet, with hammer-marks discernible on both faces. The sides of the butt have been hammered from …
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-EB6520
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is incomplete and distorted, missing some of the mouth and the side loops (with a distorted length of 60.2mm and a weight of 55.4g containing some sediment). The expanded mouth (with a width of 27.8mm) is damaged and is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (19-22mm wide and 10mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 4 - 6mm above the body and have a length of 11 - 13mm (3 - 5mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 37.6mm and a thickness of 9.6mm. The obverse …
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E8BA22
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is near-complete, missing the side loops and with a distorted mouth (with a length of 55.2mm and a weight of 52.5g). The expanded and distorted mouth (with a width of 22.0mm) is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (21mm wide and 9.9mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 2 – 3mm above the body and have a length of 11mm (3.8mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 38.3mm and a thickness of 11.4mm. The obverse face is convex and is decorated with the scallop…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-54B5A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.f, flat wing ends type), of mid 2nd-mid 3rd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.4mm and a weight of 4.3g). The missing spring was secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement with terminal pierced lugs to hold the axis bar and a hook employed to tension the chord. The wings have a width of 17.1mm and have expanded terminals defined by ribs. The sides of the bow at the head have a slight curved moulding (gi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-563727
Object type: CURRENCY BAR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern copper alloy (probably brass) manilla of probable early 19th century date and of type 'Okpoho' The manilla is in the form of a small penannular arm ring comprising a circular-sectioned oval ring (external dimensions: 60.3mm wide x 57.3mm long,) of standard thickness (8.8mm diameter) and with a weight of 79.2g. The terminals are sub oval-shaped (21.1mm x 18.9mm) with flat undersides. A rounded ridge runs from the ring to the base of the terminal. There is no decoration on the manilla. The surface has patchy preservation with a dark-green patina.
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-55C328
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 6.b8, wavy ridge, flat wing ends type) of the Eastern Group, dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD. The brooch is near complete, missing the spring and catch and has a length of 55.3mm and a weight of 21.8g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. No claw or lug to tension the chord is evident on the head. The wings have a width of 30.8mm and are decorated near the terminals two vertical panels containing …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2D78C6
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, c.1150-700 BC. The chisel is fragmentary and eroded, represented by the blade and the remnants of the tang, with a surviving length of 37.2mm and weighs 7.5g. The tang has a surviving length of 15mm and is eroded, but is likely to originally have been of rectangular section with straight sides. The chisel has a maximum thickness at the top of the blade of 5.3mm. No lugs or collar are discernible between the blade and tang. The blade has straight sides diverging towards the blade edge, areas of surviving surface on the sides of the tang an…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2B27A1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval lead alloy purse bar, c. 15th or 16th century The purse bar is complete with a length of 53.6mm and a weight of 7.1g. The terminals were pointed with a flange before a recess to secure the missing frame. The bars are of sub-rectangular section with attachment plates beneath. The bar widens (to 10.1mm) and thins (to 3.6mm) at the centre to accommodate a perforation (3.0mm diameter), through which the loop would have passed. No decoration is evident on the purse bar. The surface is poorly preserved and has a mid-grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 29th December 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9CB1D2
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy awl of uncertain date, possibly Late Bronze Age The awl is of tanged form and is complete with a distorted tang. The awl has a weight of 17.0g and has a distorted length of 77.6mm, originally having been approximately 98mm long. The tang had an undistorted length of 62mm and is of rectangular section (8.7mm x 5.8mm at the base of the tang) and gradually tapers to a point. There is no collar or moulding between the tang and the point. The point of the awl has a length of 36.2mm and is of circular section (11.1mm diameter at the apex), gradually thinning to the point. The a…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-F598A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD The brooch is near complete missing the spring and has a length of 44.7mm and has a weight of 6.9g. The spring mechanism was secured around a singly-pierced lug. The trumpet-head is sub-triangular with a width of 9.0mm and a width of 8.9mm. The head was decorated with converging ribs, positioned either side of the bow. The upper bow is of triangular section with concave sides and has a central decorative rib. There appears to have been diagonal leaf mouldings above the button. The button is eroded, but ap…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-5D7FC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight of late 17th century date, brass weight for a gold pistole of Louis XIV of France, English Unkown maker (Witrus 1297) 5.98g.
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5D1B57
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Trajan denarius P M Tr P Cos Vi etc; column Rome, RIC 356, 2.847g, corroded.
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4AF877
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper plano-convex ingot probably of Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industry, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Periods 7 to 8, c. 950 - 500BC The ingot is represented by approximately quarter of the original and has been roughly broken. The ingot would have had a diameter of 110mm and the quarter ingot has a weight of 1,140.2g, indicating an approximate weight of 4,560g for the whole ingot. This would imply a comparatively large ingot. The surface of the metal is corroded and has a pale green patina with areas of red-brown surface.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-B7CE52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval annular brooch frame, probably of 13th or 14th century date The frame is complete although the surface has been lost. The frame is circular with a diameter of 16.6mm (internal diameter of 11.6mm), a thickness of 1.5mm and weighs 0.7g. The rear of the frame is bevelled and plain. The pin restriction has a width of 2.1mm and the bar has a diameter of 1.7mm. The opposite side of the frame has no notch for the pin. The front of the brooch was decorated with raised delicate ribbing, possibly forming letters to define a legend but now difficult to discern. The brooch frame has poor…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A38CD3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus (maiorina) of Constans (AD 333-350) dating to the period AD 348-350 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting the emperor standing left on a galley, holding a standard and Victory or a phoenix, with Victory steering. Mint of Aquileia. 5.227g.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A38055
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), MONET AVG, Moneta standing left with scales and cornucopiae. C Mint, - // C. RIC V, pt 2, p. 489, no. 287var (MONETA the only legend recorded for C Mint). 3.546g. Another specimen is recorded in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-674C73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-headed, Wroxeter variant Type dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, foot and chain-loop, and has a surviving length of 34.6mm and has a weight of 6.8g. At the rear of the trumpet head has a semi-tubular hinge mechanism and the remnants of an iron axis bar. The trumpet-head is oval (14.1mm x 8.6mm) and has an integral chain loop above the head. The loop is damaged but was on a decorative rectangular panel (8.8mm wide) with horizontal ribbing. The upper bow has straight, near-parallel sides (7.9mm wide) and is of …
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EAC9D1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age spear tip of uncertain type and date within the Bronze Age The spear is represented by the tip only, with a surviving length of 52.mm and a weight of 19.4g. The spearhead broke in antiquity and there is no socket evident on the fragment. The spear has a width of 20.4mm and a thickness of 8.2mm at the break. The spear had a prominent and comparatively wide rounded midrib (12mm wide at the break). The midrib alignment differs between faces, as is evident on the cross-section break. The sides of the spear are comparatively straight or slightly convex along the length of the fra…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EA67F3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age copper flat axe, probably of Type Migdale (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 35-36) or Needham's (forthcoming) Class 2D, and belonging to metalworking stage III, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 2 dated to 2300 - 2050BC. The axe is broken and has lost the butt in antiquity, with a current surviving length of 67.8mm and weighs 195.1g. The axe has a width of 47.7mm and a thickness of 9.6mm at the break and is of sub rectangular section. One of the sides is comparatively straight, while the other side is concave and divergent to produce a moderately expanded…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E96D53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet derivative type: Wroxeter Type, dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing only the spring, pin, catch and chain loop, with a surviving length of 66.9mm and a weight of 15.4g. The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs, only one of which survives but would have had a width of 11.3mm. The surviving lug is encrusted on the exterior with iron corrosion, suggesting the spring employed an iron axis bar. The delicate chain loop sat upon a rectangular panel containing a rectangular recessed panel, enhanced with oblique i…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E7EC47
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Victorinus radiate, Virtus Aug, r. Mint I, much corroded.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-D7F6B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elizabeth I sixpence, A 1584, London, 2.450g clipped; worn.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-D5E546
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Final Early Bronze Age bronze cast-flanged axe (Early Short-flanged axe) of Type Kirtomy (Schmidt & Burgess; 1981, p 82-83) , of Acton Park metalworking and corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 4 dated to 1700 - 1500BC. The axe is complete with an overall length of 136.4mm and has a weight of 380.3g. The butt is slightly convex and has a width of 24.5. The sides are straight and parallel as far as the blade. The axe may be seen as comparatively slender with a width of 27mm. The flanges are of sub-lozenge form and are highest near the start of the blade (45mm from the butt), with a…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-857132
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single-runner casting jet of uncertain date, possibly Middle to Late Bronze Age, c.1500-750BC The jet is irregular and conical-oval in shape, with a length at the top of 34.8mm and a width of 23.3mm. The jet has a weight of 35.0g and an overall depth of 17.4mm. At the base of the jet is a projecting stub or single-runner (19mm x 12mm x 7mm), which would have fed into the mould. The jet has an irregular surface with a dark green patina.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-75BE21
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy smoking pipe or possibly a candle snuffer, probably of 18th century date The pipe has an overall length of 44.3mm and has a weight of 25.5g. The mouth of the piece is distorted and is now oval with an external length of 23.7mm and a width of 15.7mm (13.9 x 9.4mm internal). The mouth has moulded decoration comprising short vertical ribs. The outside of the bowl has four decorative horns and there is a single larger horn between the bowl and stem. The pipe would have been fitted with an organic or clay stem after a double-ribbed moulding. It is now unclear what…
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-F16A12
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy steelyard weight fragment, probably of late 13th or early 14th century date The weight is represented by a fragment of the copper alloy outer casing only and has a surviving height of 54.8mm, a surviving width of 57.3mm and has a weight of 47.3g.The casing has a thickness of 2.7mm. The casing has an embossed heraldic shield device (35.3mm long by 27.8mm wide) comprising three chevrons, the upper chevron abuts the top of the shield. Each chevron is enhanced with a central incised line. The cells surrounding the chevrons are unlikely to have held enamel. The copper…
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4FED00
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of 1st century BC date to 4th century AD date The brooch is incomplete and is represented by approximately half of the ring. The ring has a diameter of 32.6mm and now weighs 1.3g. The ring is of flat section with a thickness of 1.53mm and a width of 3.05mm. The front of the ring is decorated with central and edge ribs, formed by faceting either side of the centre. The terminal is coiled (with a depth of 3.94mm), defining the brooch as a Fowler Type C (1960, p 152) . The brooch has a dark green patina with moderate surface preservati…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-10FBC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edward II 1307-27, Penny, London. Class 10cf 36 c.1307-9, 1.31g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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