Record ID: NMGW-6718CB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A copepr-alloy Roman radiate of Salonina, dating to the period AD 260-268 (Reece period 13). [AVG IN PACE] reverse type depicting the Empress seated left holding branh and transverse sceptre. Mint of Milan. Cf. Cunetio nos. 1763, 1765
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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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