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Record ID: NMGW-592968
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian (AD 364-78) (Reece Period 19), SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE, VIctory left
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2003
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-5949E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman radiate or nummus of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD 260-402. Uncertain reverse type. Unclear mint. Details not recorded. Original record dates coin to AD c. 200-400 and does not specify denomination.
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-5B9F90
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Head fragment of a bow brooch, probably of T-shape type. The fragment consists of the top of the bow, which is straight sided, and is thinning at the break. The bow is angled at the head, before another break on the plate. The wings are tubular with a flat face at the front, and decorated at each end with two incised lines. The top of the pin survives, with the brooch employing a hinge mechanism.
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D96EF8
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Dolphin type and probably of mid to late 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow, with a surviving length of 29.26mm and weighs 20.4g. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism, set within tubular wings. The wings are comparatively wide with a width of 41.71mm. The front of the wings is decorated with vertical ribs flanking panels containing short incised marks, separated by U-shaped grooves. The bow has a curved moulding against the wings, enhanced at the edges by short incised marks. The moulding continue…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7813F7
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman glass vessel neck fragment, probably of late 1st or 2nd century AD date The vessel is incomplete and is represented by the neck only with a surviving height of 18.30mm. The rim is irregular and damaged; it curves outward to produce a rim diameter of 26.82mm. The neck is short (10.5mm) with a diameter of 17.91mm. The shoulder of the vessel is at a near-right angle to the neck. The rim and neck form would suggest a bottle. The glass is blue green and translucent, but not clear. The vessel neck weighs 6.2g.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5F0CD6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.a, flat wing ends type), dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head and upper bow only and has a surviving length of 35.44mm. The spring was secured with a Polden Hill arrangement. Only one of the wings survives, with a width of 22.12mm, suggesting an original width of approximately 29.3mm. The surviving wing is poorly preserved, but suggests an expanded terminal. The head is comparatively substantial with a width of 12.98mm. There …
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-5F9215
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman bronze coin of the House of Valentinian. The coin is inscribed SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE. The coin bears the mintmark B-//[ ] denoting that it was struck in Arles. It can be dated to c. 364-367 AD. The coin weighs 2.02g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-F1D661
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 2nd century AD Roman sestertius. Unfortunately the detail has been lost through harsh cleaning.
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-F1E8A3
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 dating to the late 1st - early 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, one wing and the catch plate. The brooch has a length of 58.40mm. The surviving wing suggests that the brooch employed a spring mechanism with a Polden Hill type arrangement. The brooch currently has a width across the wing of 15.29mm, but would have been approximately 21.5mm. The wing is decorated with vertical grooves. The upper bow is of sub-square section with a rounded upper face. The sides of the bow are straight and converge t…
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-85A1F6
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped variant type and probably dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and has a surviving length of 27.01mm and weighs 7.9g. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement around a copper alloy axis bar. The chord was tensioned through a perforated lug on the head. The wings have a width of 26.11mm. The ends of the wings are angled to the rear and the front is decorated with vertical mouldings. The perforated lug has a smaller decorative (solid) lug in front. The head projects horizo…
Created on: Monday 15th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F36E27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brass/copper alloy dupondius of Trajan AD 98-117. . Uncertain reverse perhaps a cast counterfeit. Worn.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-D8B956
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy T-shaped brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and leg and has a surviving length of 24.82mm and weighs 5.3g. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism, secured around a copper alloy axis bar set within tubular wings. The wings have a width of 27.77mm and are decorated with a pair of vertical grooves near the terminals. The bow has a width of 14.84mm at the head and is convex across its width and is hollow on the rear. The sides are straight and converge towards the leg. The edges of the bow have a raised border or flange. The bo…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-6600C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman cast copper alloy disc brooch of wheel type and dating to the 2nd century AD. The pin on the brooch has lost its end, but otherwise the brooch is in very good condition. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar. The outside rim of the brooch projects above the surface and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring or felloe is wide (6.5mm) with a central ridge, and is slightly concave on either side of the ridge. The inner edge of the felloe also has a raised rim, but is smaller than the outer rim. The brooch has four arms of sub triangular to recta…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-EF7643
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy bracelet of Late Roman date, probably dating to the 3rd or 4th century AD. The bracelet is of flat section of between 2.0 and 2.5mm thickness and has a surviving length of approximately 100mm when straightened. The bracelet has one terminal depicting a lozenge snake head and punched decoration with dots for the beast’s nostrils and the eyes defined by two circular arcs, with a smaller arc inside the larger. The decoration along the body continues to utilise the two punches with the arcs joining or nearly joining to form a scroll motif. There are dot punched ma…
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-2F7307
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Denarius of Augustus during the Roman Empire, minted in Rome by L. Caninius Gallus and dating to c. 12 BC.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-63E4B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Republic denarius of C. Licinius L.F. Macer minted in Rome and dating to c. 84BC. It depicts a bust of Apollo or Minerva in a quadriga on the reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2005
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-E16807
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Galba (AD 68-69), dating to the period c.AD 68-69 (Reece period 3). SPQR/OB/CS reverse type depicting the legend within a wreath. Mint of Rome. As RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 241, no. 167. The coin is worn and weighs 3.14g.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-8AE557
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Diva Faustina sestertius struck in Rome. Faustina, the wife of Antoninus Pius, died in 140 AD and was deified in 141 AD, so this coin dates to 141 AD at the earliest. It is inscribed AVGVSTA on the reverse and depicts Ceres standing facing left holding two torches. The coin is worn and weighs 18.62g.
Created on: Friday 21st October 2005
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-8B0905
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-326), dating to AD 320-1 (Reece Period 16), (VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated under trophy). Mint unclear. [Original record suggested Mint of Lyon or irregular - mintmark is unclear, and coin is probably regular]
Created on: Friday 21st October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-8B7752
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Gratian siliqua struck at the Trier mint c. 378-383 AD. It is inscribed VIRTVS ROMANORVM on the reverse and the mintmark is -//TRPS. The coin weighs 1.577g and is cracked but not worn. The coin is possibly lightly clipped. RIC IX 58a.
Created on: Friday 21st October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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