Record ID: NMGW-605466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a small silver annular brooch with integral pin (frame misshapen. The frame is decorated with continuous transverse incised bands or ridges on the front surface, some of which are inlaid with a darker material, possibly niello. On the reverse frame are four groups of evenly spaced bands. The dagger-like pin is attached by a wraparound head, decorated with three irregularly spaced parallel grooves. A stirrup at the junction of the pin shaft and head has two corresponding arms, each tapering to a point at the tip. The stirrup is cur…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penllyn Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-5FA7C6
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
Author: Dr Sian Iles  Description & identification Small silver seal matrix with an oval face. It is engraved with a motif of crested and plumed bird, walking right and in side profile. it’s the bird’s beak is open, holding a leafed branch which extends over its head and back. The motif is set within a single cabled oval border. The face is slightly misshapen with some damage to the right side.  The hexagonal handle tapers upwards to a large circular suspension loop with a transverse perforation, above a transverse collar. It is surmounted by a decorative sph…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nantcwnlle Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-5F2A77
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Author: Dr Sian Iles Description & identification The object is a small complete silver seal matrix. It has an oval face and an octagonal facetted openwork handle. The octagonal handle tapers to a banded collar, above an openwork trilobed handle with flourishes. There is a small chip on the top left edge of the face.  The face is engraved with a heater shield containing a coat of arms, within a single beaded border. The design of the arms consists of the upper section or ‘chief’ which is indented and decorated with three (3) five-point stars (mullets), in negative…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llawhaden Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-1391B7
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery and reporting A hoard of 37 Roman silver coins was discovered by David Henry Moss and Tom Taylor on 20th-21st December 2018 and 19th January 2019 in Caerhun Community, Conwy. The coins were found while metal detecting on cultivated land that was under pasture at the time. The findspot (a National Grid Reference) of the coins and addresses of interested parties are given on the Treasure Receipt Form. The coins were discovered scattered in shallow rocky ploughsoil at depths of approximately 3-4 inches. Mr Moss and Mr Taylor discovered another coin hoard of Ro…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caerhun Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-0EA045
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery and reporting A ceramic pot containing 2733 Roman silver and copper alloy coins was discovered by David Henry Moss and Tom Taylor on 22nd December 2018 in Caerhun Community, Conwy.  The hoard was found while metal detecting on cultivated land that was under pasture at the time. The top of the pot was discovered at a depth of about 30cm below the surface of the field, at the top of a slight mound. The finders carefully excavated the pot themselves, wrapped the pot in bandages and left the coins inside the pot. The rim of the pot had been struck by a ploug…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caerhun Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-CF4403
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification Two halves of a decorated silver annular brooch frame. It is misshapen, with each part forming an elongated ‘U’ shape, which was once likely circular. The level of distortion obscures the form of the decoration on each ‘face’. There are regular, equally spaced notches infilled with niello across one ‘face’, with intermittent groups of four or five incised or stamped dots.  The other ‘face’ is largely plain with occasional groups of notches visible in one area. The two halves join at one break but do n…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiston Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-CEF428
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification A complete silver thimble of apparent one-piece construction (no visible join or solder line). The body and crown are decorated with regular repeated indentations, possibly the result of knurling during manufacture. There is a wide band of moulded floral/ scrolled decoration, worn in parts, on the lower portion of the body, interrupted by a bearded moustachioed face (front facing, upside down). At the front of the thimble is a plain rectangular panel or cartouche, containing engraved seriffed initials ‘MN’ in Roman capitals, upside down. Th…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mathern Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-BC1D42
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances and context of discovery The object was discovered by Mr Davies whilst metal detecting in a field under pasture at a depth of 5-6 inches. Further details including the find spot and landowner details can be found on the Treasure receipt. Description and identification The reported object is a complete silver double-sided oval medallion or pendant. On the obverse is a side profile bust of Charles I, facing right with a Latin abbreviated inscription in Roman capitals ‘CAROLVS. D. G. MAG. B[RI. FR.]ET. HIB. RX’ along the outer edge; a cut mark obscures part o…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llansteffan Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-A2CAD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of the finds Silver crossbow brooch, complete and well preserved with little sign of corrosion, apart from the pin, which is of copper alloy and only survives as badly corroded fragments. The knob at the head is quasi-onion shape rising from a double ridged collar. The arms are a hexagonal tube that houses a copper alloy axial bar for the pin, which was hinged. At each end there is a knob, the same as that at the head of the brooch. The bow is narrow and undecorated apart from at the junction of the bow with the foot, where a length of silver wire is coiled round the bow f…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Five Mile Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-3D5B90
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of the find About half of a finger ring with a flat elongated oval bezel and the remains of plain loop tapering away from the bezel. The bezel is decorated with a crudely scratched motif, probably intended to be a stylized palm branch. Dimensions: internal diameter 17mm; bezel 11mm (long) by 6mm (wide); weight 1.7g. Evidence of Date Good parallels for silver finger rings of this form, with better executed incised stylized palm branch motifs, can be found in the Roman period, second to third century AD. Cf. Blackburn area, Lancashire (Herepath 2005); York (Downes 2007); …
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Nicholas and Bonvilston Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-3C75C0
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of the find Small silver object consisting of a small circular bowl on a long slender shaft that tapers to a point. The bowl is now at virtually a right angle to the shaft and the shaft is bent again about two-thirds along its length, but originally all would probably have been aligned. There is no additional decoration. Dimensions: length 64mm; bowl diameter 5 mm; shaft diameter 2mm; weight 1.8g. Evidence of Date Good parallels for an object of this type can be found in the ligulae (toilet spoons) of the Roman period, with their small flat or cupped round scoop on a lo…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Nicholas and Bonvilston Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-37EC48
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a small annular brooch. The silver frame is of circular cross-section. One half of one face is decorated with wide niello-inlaid transverse grooves, with punched annulets between the niello bands; the other half of the front and the back are plain. The two sides of the wrap-around head, which is slightly wider than the pin shank, overlap at the top; the head swivels freely on the frame. The raise collar at the junction of pin-had and shank is decorated with three transverse punched grooves. The pin shank is of lozenge-shaped cros…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caerwent Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-379142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The plain pin has a broad wrap around head and transverse raised ridge at the junction with the shaft. Length 28mm; head width 5mm (incomplete); weight 0.99g. The object has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. To judge from its colour and weight and visual comparison with brooches and other silver dress accessories in the collections of the Department of History & Archaeology, the alloy is well in excess of 10% silver. Conclusions The pin form and width indicate that it is from a medieval annular brooch of thirteenth or early fourteenth…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llantwit Major Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-21C823
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification Small silver annular stirrup brooch. Groups of transverse grooves inlaid with niello on both faces. The small stirrup has inturned ends and punched grooves along its edge, with two grooves forming an inverted V at the junction of pin and wrap-around head. The pin is complete and has a diamond cross-section, each facet being decorated with zig-zag grooves. Dimensions: max. diameter 12.1mm; thickness 2,2mm; pin length 13.2mm; weight 1.55g. This ring is paralleled by other examples from Wales, including Llanfaes, Anglesey, which was depopulated under Ed…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llandysul Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-E2F5E2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver-gilt posy ring of 17th or early 18th century date. The ring is heavy D-shaped sectioned hoop with a plain outer surface. The 2.5mm thick hoop is solid silver and was originally gilded. The gilding has largely worn off, particularly on the outer surface. The band shows a transverse line likely indicating that the hoop was created by bending a strip of silver and joining the ends with silver solder. The inside of the hoop is engraved with the italic inscription Keepe faith till death. This was likely inscribed on the strip prior to bending into a hoop. The ring bears no…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wanborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-E31CD0
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver mount, strap fitting or dress fastener of probable late Medieval to Post Medieval date. The object consists of an integral flat plate broadly oval in plan, divided into two asymmetrical halves; the larger (14.2mm wide, 6.5mm long, 1.7mm thick) half is decorated on its obverse face by three lobes radiating from the centre of the half’s lower edge. The lobes’ rounded edges form the outer edge of the half and are defined by two incised grooves running to the outer edge. The lobes have concave faces, especially the central lobe. The smaller (11mm wide, 4.3mm…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blewbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-68E217
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Scottish cut farthing coin of William I, of the Short Cross and Stars coinage Phase B dating AD 1205-30. Moneyers Hue Walter, minted at either Edinburgh, Perth or Roxburgh. Diameter: 10.4mm  Weight: 0.43g
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-69A692
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A denarius of Carausius dating to the period AD 286 to 293 (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left with branch and vertical sceptre. Unattributed mint. The obverse legend is likely to be [IMP CAR]AVSIVS P F AVG which equates to RIC V, pt 2, Carausius 719.  This is the third example of this particular type in Sam Moorhead's corpus for the new RIC on Carausius, but has no die-links with the other coins. There are eight denarii with this PAX AVG reverse type. Diameter: 17.3mm Weight: 3.23g
Created on: Monday 24th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-D677C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (AD 757-796), 'floriate cross with lozenge centre reverse' type (North 302var; cf. especially Chick 68), later substantive Light Coinage (phase IIc) dating to c.AD 784/5-792/3, moneyer: Babba, mint: Canterbury (see discussion below). Refs: North 1994: 88; Chick 2010; Naismith 2017: table 9. The coin is complete although encrusted with dirt. Note that in the spelling on the moneyer's name on the reverse, the first A is located at a cross end rather than in a beaded circle as seen for the other letters.
Created on: Monday 18th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-EC9AAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver cut halfpenny of Æthelred II (978–1016), 'Second Hand' type (c.AD 985-91; North 768; BMC iid), moneyer: Beornulf, mint: London (probably). Ref: North 1994: 158. The coin is missing a small fragment from one end. weight: 0.57g
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5358E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver medieval cut short cross and stars farthing of William I of Scotland (1165-1214). Phase A or Phase C. Unclear moneyer and mint, 1199-c.1235 (Spink 5027-8 or 5034).
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-193AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The silver object is a fragment of penannular brooch, one terminal and about 40% of the hoop surviving. The surviving terminal has a flat lozenge-shaped form, with rectangular cross-section, similar in thickness to that of the oval hoop, which has an oval cross-section. It is decorated on the external face with a central ring-and-dot motif, surrounded by four single punched dots. The terminal has bevelled edges on front and back faces. Gilding survives in the recessed decoration, suggesting that the terminals, if not the whole brooch, were once gilded. The original h…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penllyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-94A0A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward I (1272-1307) penny, London Class 10ab6 (c. 1305) 1.37g, has been folded
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-9486F1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver coin Septimus Severus (AD 193-211) denarius, Rome L SEPT SEV AVG IMP [XI PART MAX] IOVI PROPVGNATORI RIC 131 (c. 198-200) 1.44g, fragment
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-936A06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) sixpence, London Privy mark: Crescent and dated 1587 2.62g, some wear
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-935CBC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Short Cross penny, mis-struck but probably Class 7; mint and moneyer uncertain 1.27g 1967 2016.103.3 Glamorgan, West Ilston SS53679110 Short Cross penny 7? uncertain 1.27 mis-struck S. Sell (Steve Rees) 9.v.16 HMDC 2/16
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DCDA06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Charles I (1625-49) shilling, London Privy mark: triangle Group F / North 2231 (1639-40) 5.46g
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DCBABE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Mary (1553-4) groat, London 1.93g, some wear
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DBC3EA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward II (1307-27) penny, London Class 10cf3b (c. 1307-9)
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DB817A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Henry VIII (1509-47) groat, London Second coinage, 1526-44; Initial mark: arrow (1532-42) North 1797 2.61g
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DB6E01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Henry VII (1485-1509) groat, London Facing bust issue, Class III; Initial mark: Greyhound's head (1500-7) North 1705(c) 2.86g
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DB5EC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Short Cross penny; Class 4a Osbern, Winchester (c. 1194-1205) 0.94g, worn and chipped
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DB50AD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Henry VI (1422-61) groat, Calais Annulets Issue (1422-7) 2.97g, incomplete
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DAE7EA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) groat, London Privy mark: Martlet (1560-1) 1.54g, worn and chipped
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5CFD54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Short Cross penny Class 4a (c. 1194-1205) Goldwine, - (Canterbury) 1.24g, worn
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5CEF41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) sixpence, London Privy mark: Pheon and dated 156[1] 2.70g, worn
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5CDE6F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) sixpence, London Privy mark: Key and dated 1596 2.65g, some wear
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5A4BE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) shilling, London Privy mark: Tun (1592-4) 5.95g, unevenly struck but with little wear
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMGW-49A80B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver coin Fragment of a penny of Charles I (1625-49), London 0.27g, damaged
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMGW-499A88
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver coin James I (1603-25) half groat, London Probably second coinage (1604-19) but privy marks illegible 0.52g, worn and corroded
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMGW-498AE7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward III (1327-77) halfpenny, London 'Star-marked' issue (1335-43), Class 4 AS SCBI 39, 1052 0.55g, some chip and wear
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-497B2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward II (1307-27) penny, Canterbury Class 10cf5 (c. 1309-10) 0.78g, chipped and damaged
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-4590CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward I-II (1272-1307-27) farthing, London Equivalent to pennies of Class 10 (c. 1301-10) Withers type 28 0.28g, chipped
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-43D3FF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) sixpence, London Privy mark: Pheon and dated 1564 2.51g, worn
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C9269B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver coin Mary (1553-4) groat, London 1.23g, worn and incomplete
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C8A814
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) threepence, London Privy mark: Plain cross and dated 1579 1.28g, worn and damaged
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-B49E9D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Probably Richard II (1377-99) penny, York Made from local dies 0.74g, worn and damaged
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-B47A18
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward II (1307-27) penny, London Probably Class 15c, 1320-7) 0.93g, clipped, worn and damaged
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-9A73B3
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Description of find Six Roman silver denarii: all are to a degree encrusted or corroded. Hadrian (117-38), 2 coins [9, 23]; Antoninus Pius (138-61, 1 coin [15]; Diva Faustina I (wife of Antoninus Pius, d,141), 1 coin [4]; uncertain (?Trajan (98-117) or Hadrian), 1 coin [24]; uncertain, probably 2nd century, 1 coin [22]. (Numbered as image, from wider group of finds) Discussion Roman denarii of the second century A.D. were coins of fairly fine silver, well above 50% Ag. The four that can be positively identified cover a relatively short period and are of types that circulat…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-9A12AC
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Published
Description of find Five Roman silver denarii, as follows (with identities of finders): 1. Republic, denarius of moneyer L PROCILI F.; 3.57g. Rome, c.80 BC; Crawford 379/1. Found by Karl Francis. 2. Republic, denarius of Mark Antony, with M. Barbatius Pollo; 3.52g. Mint moving with Antony, c.41 BC; Crawford 517/2. Found by Michael J Francis. 3. Empire, denarius of Galba, AD 68-9; 2.88g. Rome, cf RIC 2nd Edn, 215. Found by Darren Deeman. 4. Empire, denarius of Vespasian, 69-79; 2.75g. Rome, RIC 75 (AD 74). Found by Karl Francis. 5. Empire, denarius of Nerva, 96-8; 2.9…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-99AC0A
Object type: ARM BAND
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances and context of discovery The arm-ring fragment was found with the aid of a metal detector on a ploughed field, at a depth of about 3" (10cm), about 10-15 feet(5m) from the previously reported arm-ring 16.34.[i] The land is occupied by Mr Andrew Morgan and owned by Mr H. Harrison-Allen (full details of their addresses and full national grid co-ordinates for the findspot are provided on the Treasure Receipt Form). Description The silver object is a flat fragment of penannular arm-ring terminal of Hiberno-Viking type. It has the form of a broad flat band of s…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9980CB
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description The small oval matrix, in silver, retains the rectangular stub of the now missing handle, which was square in cross-section, on the reverse. The matrix is engraved with a cartouche bearing arms: cross engrailed with ermine in quarters, and scallop shell at cross base. The cartouche has three scrolls, and is flanked by two tapering motifs (staffs?), below small cups (chalices?). The matrix measures 15.5.x 18.1mm; the handle stem measures 3.5 x 3.5mm; the matrix thickness away from handle is 1.7mm; weight 5.66g. Summary and conclusions This is a heraldic seal, wi…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-98C9D8
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Description of find Ninety-seven Roman coins, dating to the third century A.D.: seven denarii and ninety 'radiates' (double-denarii). A summary list is appended. There are no associated objects. Metal content The coins, in principle silver issues, span a period of debasement during which the silver content dropped from around fifty per cent Ag to issues which to all intents and purposes are of copper alloys (typical silver contents are indicated on the list of coins). Discussion The coins were found within a limited area and therefore it is more likely than not that the…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-95B399
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Description of find The find comprises one gold and ten silver medieval English coins, of the reigns of Edward I-II (3), Edward III (2), Henry V (1) and Henry VI (5) (see appended Schedule). Metal content English silver coins of the 14th-15th centuries are typically of silver of high fineness, in excess of 90% Ag by weight. The gold standard is virtually pure precious metal (23ct 3½gr, or 99.5%). Discussion The eleven coins are of similar types and in similar condition to those previously recorded from this site. The weights of the silver coins lie between the 60-grain…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-851BA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a small silver annular brooch. The silver frame is of flattened rectangular cross-section. One face is decorated with an incised zig-zag pattern; the other face has a crudely incised, garbled inscription copying Lombardic letter forms. (I, A, N and D can be identified). The pin shaft is missing. External frame diameter 20.03mm; internal diameter 13.1mm; frame thickness 0.7mm. The brooch weight is 1.18g. In terms of size and design, the brooch is of thirteenth- to mid-fourteenth-century form. The garbled inscription may be an attempt to copy a talismanic…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-84EE5D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
form. The silver frame is of flattened rectangular cross-section. The back face is plain; the front face bears the inscription in raised Lombardic letters within countersunk panels: AVE MARIA . The plain pin with oval cross-section has a small transverse bar at the junction of the shaft with the wrap-around head. Maximum external frame width 20.02mm; maximum external frame thickness 1.1mm. Pin length 10.3mm (tip of point missing). The brooch weight is 2.11g. n terms of size and design, the brooch is of fourteenth-century form. The inscription is a common a talismanic form…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-84C8DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Two silver coins of Edward III of England (1327-77): 1. Groat, London, Series D, c.1352-3, North 1152; weight: 4.36g (67.2 grains); 2. Groat, London, Series E, c.1354-5, North 1163; weight: 4.25g (65.6 gr), a small chip of metal missing. The first of the coins shows some signs of wear; the second is fairly fresh. Both are of fairly full weight. The finding of two contemporary coins of relatively high value in close proximity suggests that it is likely that they were originally associated in the ground and therefore treasure.
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-8490F6
Object type: ARM BAND
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The silver object is a flattened fragment of penannular arm-ring of Hiberno-Viking type, now in two conjoining pieces. It has the form of a broad flat band of silver of rectangular cross-section, and in plan. The expanded mid-portion of the arm-ring is near the mid-point of the original arm-ring, and tapers to a narrow, fractured end. The production and flattening process has left multiple transverse stress fractures on the outer face of the arm-ring. The form of the arm-ring, having been hammered (forged) from a silver ingot into a flat expanded band tapering either side of a ce…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-837CE6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Description The reported object is a silver decorative ring with a circular bezel with retains three small fragments of pink stone set in mastic. The band is decorated with a transverse band of decoration (?floral, very worn) at junction with the bezel, and pairs of incised lines on each side of the hoop flanking a worn single pellet line around its circumference In terms of design and style of the iconography, the ring belongs to the late fifteenth- to early sixteenth century (the shoulder design being typical). The drum-shaped bezel occurs as early as the twelfth century (…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-834A18
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description Annular silver stirrup brooch. The external face of the frame, which is now misshapen, is decorated on one face with engraved transverse grooves inlaid with niello. The other face is decorated with groups of triple transverse engraved lines, infilled with niello. There is no restriction in the frame for the pin, which has a wide stirrup at the junction of shaft and wrap around head. The head is decorated with pinched grooves. The stirrup is decorated with transverse grooves, and fine engraved zig-zag line at junction of head and pin shaft. The facets of the shaft, which…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-4BC96E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Small annular decorative silver brooch. The frame is decorated with beading in the form of enlarged filigree. There is no restriction in the frame for the pin which has a flat plain shaft and wrap around head. External diameter 215.4 x 15mm; inner diameter 13 x 12.4mm; maximum frame thickness 1.4mm; weight 0.96g. Surviving pin length 11mm; thickness 1.4mm (some of shaft and head missing). The surviving pin is in three fragments (recent breaks, associated with discovery). In terms of size and design, the brooch is of thirteenth- to mid-fourteenth-century form.
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-4B4EDF
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a small closed thimble made of silver sheet, with the separate crown soldered to the main body. It is complete, although damaged with horizontal, concentric bands of uniformly executed annulets on the external surface and the same annulet pattern on the crown, set in lines. The rim is lipped with a single band of beading directly above. Near the base on one side is a small, plain, sub-rectangular panel or cartouche with the crudely engraved initials 'EW' in neat serif Roman capitals and a small makers mark bearing the initials WC within a shield. The thimble has…
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-3457EA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Silver strap-end with incised 'vine-scroll' interlace motifs, interwoven with harps and set around a centrally placed equal-arm cross with circular terminals. There are traces of niello, and of further decoration at the break, where the split attachment would have had two circular rivet holes (missing). The strap-end terminates in a stylised animal head with large rounded ears and small circular eyes, with incised lines on brow and to represent snout/mouth. The back is plain, apart from the suggestion of a single incised line border beneath the terminal head. The strap-end reflects…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-340E0E
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver gilt dress-hook in the form of an openwork lozenge, embellished with small cast pellets on the front face, and larger knobs terminating the outer angles. A quatrefoil has been riveted to the centre of the design, which also has a form of two-strand interlace (resembling chain links). On the reverse of the lozenge is a plain bar loop, which has a circular cross-section. Gilding may become apparent on conservation. The end of the hook is missing. Dimensions: Overall length 36.3mm; maximum width 25.1mm; height of lozenge 26.7mm; thickness including pellets 3.5mm;…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-32E51F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is an annular brooch. The silver frame is of circular cross-section, and slightly distorted. One face is decorated with four groups of diagonally-set incised lines inlaid; the other face has transverse lines around 50% of the frame, and pairs of parallel lines set herringbone pattern fashion for the other half. There are traces of black niello within the incised lines. The two sides of the wrap-around head overlap at the top, and the head swivels freely on the frame. The pin shaft is of diamond cross-section, each facet being decorated with wriggle-work zig-zag lin…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-32905B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description Silver gilt posy ring, very worn on outside but probably once gilt all over. The broad hoop has a plain outer surface, and a flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: FEARE + GOD + ONLY, in Roman capitals. Internal hoop diameter 19 mm; external hoop diameter 22.7 X 22.5mm; band width 5.4 mm; band T. 1.5mm; weight 4.77g.
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-324038
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A single silver cufflink or button, formed of a circular disc with bevelled sides and a lipped rim. At the back are traces of a corresponding recessed design, obscured by solder for a rounded attachment loop, which is present. The face of the disc bears a raised, stamped design of a pair of hearts side by side, surmounted by a large, single, jewelled and arched crown with central cross. The design is set against a faint stippled field within a raised circular border. Although the disc and attachment hoop are intact, there is minor damage along the edge of the bottom right-hand side…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-31FB99
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description The reported object is a silver chape from a scabbard of a narrow-bladed weapon. It is formed of thin sheet metal, bent into a narrow tubular profile which tapers to a rounded tip. There is a vertical seam along one edge, which has split almost the entire length of the chape. The opening is engrailed or scalloped, the apices of which bend inwards slightly and are slightly damage. Beneath the scalloped edges are a series of horizontal bands and the main body of the chape is plain. There is a small stamp just below the scalloped edge on one side, which is worn and diffi…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-30ACA3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The two silver items are both fragmentary: Fragment 1: a small rectangular piece of hack-silver, cut from a silver vessel. All four edges have been cut, and there is a hesitant transverse cut running inside one of the longer edges. Both faces of the silver are plain, and the fragment is flat. Maximum length 14mm x width 9.1mm x thickness 2.6mm. Weight 2.27g. Fragment 2: small 'pie-slice' fragment from a circular lid or vessel rim, with a plain bevelled edge. The surviving rim diameter can be estimated at about 9-10cm. Maximum length 15.6mm x width 16.45 x maximum thickness…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-B81A3D
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt hat-hook or cap-hook in the form of a pointed pentafoil-shaped flower, soldered to a pin shaft (incomplete) with swan-neck bends. Gilding extend to the back and the pin shaft. Overall dimensions: flower diameter 9.4mm; height 5.5mm; pin shaft diameter 1.3mm; weight 1.23g. Badges and ornaments created to adorn the hats of male Tudor elite are identifiable by the lack of a bar attached to a back-plate - usually found on Tudor dress hooks (Gaimster et al 2002). However, versions of the point flower do occur on sixteenth-century dress-hooks (for example, Gaimster et al…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-FE3E56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver coin Trajan (AD 98-117) denarius, Rome COS V; Spes RIC 127 (AD 103-11) 1.92g, corroded
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-FE230D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver coin Domitian (AD 81-96) denarius, Rome TR P VI / IMP XIIII COS III CENS P.P.P; Minerva facing right RIC 91 (AD 87) 2.54g, slightly chipped
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-B1A80D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval silver coin Aethelraed II penny CRVX type BMC iii a, North 770 (c. 991-7) [ M].OGI[ ] Uncertain moneyer; uncertain mint (possible mints: Gloucester [GL--], Ilchester [GIFELSCT] or Ipswich [GIPESWIC]) 0.70g, incomplete and in two fragments
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-9A4E47
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Lucius Verus (AD 161-169), dating to the period c.AD 162-163 (Reece period 8). PROV DEOR TR P III COS II reverse type depicting Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. As RIC III, p. 253, no. 491.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-888E23
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver Edwardian 'sterling' imitiation penny of Valéran of Ligny (1304-1353; 1364-1366). Crowned obverse, Gualer legend (Mayhew 223), dating to 1304-1366. Mint of Serain. Mayhew (1983, 89). It weighs 1.25 g
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 24th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-EDBBA3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Two silver coins of Edward III of England (1327-77): 1. Groat, London, Series D, c.1352-3, North 1152; weight: 4.36g (67.2 grains); 2. Groat, London, Series E, c.1354-5, North 1163; weight: 4.25g (65.6 gr), a small chip of metal missing. The first of the coins shows some signs of wear; the second is fairly fresh. Both are of fairly full weight.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-ED838D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Half of the frame from an annular silver brooch with cut from sheet metal. The external face bears engraved lettering in crudely cut Lombardic style, which appears to read: I S H [reversed h of N] A - (horizontal 'I' unless a dash) The 'S' being on its side, and the motto may be garbled. There is evidence for a restriction in the frame for a pin (now missing). The back is plain. External diameter 28mm; inner diameter 19mm; maximum thickness 1mm; weight 1.47g. The ring, which has a highly worn outer surface, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-ED536B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Small silver annular brooch. The silver frame is of quatrilobe form, with rounded mouldings in the angles between the lobes. The external frame width is 19.2mm; frame height 19.3mm; frame thickness 3mm. The pin is plain, with an off-centre suggestion of a division at junction of head and shaft. The front of the pin has slight bevelling; the back is flat. The head is simply wrapped around a cast restriction in the hoop. Overall pin length 21.1mm. The object has not undergone any cleaning or conservation
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-5769D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Blaenau Gwent
Workflow stage: Published
Annular silver stirrup brooch. The external face is decorated for half its circumference with engraved transverse grooves inlaid with niello. There is no restriction in the frame for the pin which has a short stirrup at the junction of shaft and wrap around head. The stirrup is decorated with transverse grooves, and the facets of the shaft, which has a diamond cross-section, are engraved with diagonal grooves to create a herring-bone pattern from the front. The backs of the frame and pin are plain. External diameter 24.2mm; inner diameter 20.01mm; maximum frame thickness 1.9mm; …
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DAB2C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval silver coin PENNY OF ÆTHELSTAN I OF EAST ANGLIA (c.827 - c.845) Obv. +EDELZTANREX; diademed bust r.; 'neck' formed by a single row of six pellets, chin and mouth by single pellets Rev. +Mo.N | MONE | T:.A in three lines, separated by horizontal lines of pellets with hooked ends, the text of the middle line inverted. (The letter 'N' appears throughout as 'H'.) Weight: 1.27g; Die-axis: 315º approx.. Portrait type, c.827-30; North 437 var., cf. BMC 5; Naismith E31.1c. The coin appears to be from the same obverse die as Naismith E31.1c (recorded and illus…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D98884
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver spoon, now in two parts, comprising a bent handle junction with bowl, and the remaining bowl, folded twice. The stem is hexagonal at the base, becoming circular in cross-section mid-way along the shaft up to the simple devolved 'diamond-point' terminal. The underside of the bowl at the junction with the handle bears what appears to be a wriggle work cross-crosslet, now only partially visible, on the base of the bowl at the junction with the handle. The overall length is 81.55mm; maximum thickness of stem 3.3.x 3mm; bowl width about 32mm; bowl thickness 1mm; weight 1…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D87FB1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval silver pedestal type or fob seal matrix. The face is oval with a tapering fluted handle, crowned with a circular suspension loop. The engraved motif on the face comprises a heart surmounted by a series of radiating rays. The heart is pierced with a single flighted arrow pointing right (left in wax impression). Beneath the heart are a pair of clasped hands with stylised cuffs above a bed of three flowers. The flowers are comprised of five stamped petals and a stem. The motif is set within a beaded border, following the outline of the die face. The handle is octagona…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C6437A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative silver-gilt posy-ring. The hoop fragment is of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is cast with a repeating pattern of cells and raised single dots or pellets. Raised dots also fill the field between the cells and the plain borders. The areas between the raised decoration are inlaid with white and green enamel, most of which is now missing. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: FEARE·GOD·ONLI, in Roman capitals. The hoop is slightly distorted. The internal diameter is 17.6 x 17.2mm; external diameter 19 x 19.6mm; band width 4.8 mm; band thi…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C595D8
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt dress-hook with a thin back-plate cut from a sheet, cusped around the edge. The back-plate supports a hollow, cast heart-shaped boss. On the reverse of the back plate can be seen the scar for the silver hook which was originally soldered to the plate. The bar loop is complete. The hollow heart supports filigree ornament of circlets within larger circles, and raised silver pellets. Larger pellets occur in the spaces between the filigree circlets. Gilding is partial on the back. Overall dimensions 15.8 x 19mm; height including loop 16.5mm; internal width of loop 10mm; wei…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C55D9F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt decorative ring with two transverse flutes on the bezel, each engraved with a repeating pattern of alternating flowers filling triangular panels. The bezel is separated from the hoop by a deep transverse mouldings of each side. Below these mouldings, the hoop has a median ridge on each side, each facet with engraved sprig-like decoration. The inside of the oval hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 19.3mm x 21.3mm; bezel width 8.7mm; band thickness at base 1.4mm; weight 5.16g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C477CA
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Two Post-Medieval silver cuff links. Two cuff links of identical design. Each is formed of two circular discs with bevelled sides and a lipped rim, joined together by an oval wire link. The face of each disc bears a raised, stamped design of a pair of hearts side by side, surmounted by a jewelled and arched crown set against a faint stippled field, within a raised circular border. At the back of each disc are traces of a corresponding recessed design, obscured by solder for rounded attachment loops. Illegible makers' marks (observable using a microscope) are present at the apex of …
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-1DA363
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver bodkin-type dress pin. The object is the lower shaft and point of a silver bodkin-type dress-pin. The lower end of the slot on the bodkin survives, and it is likely that when complete it also had a perforation (eye) at one end. The shaft has a flattened quadrangular cross-section with bevelled edges, and is undecorated. The pin is bent, and has not received any conservation. Length (bent) 64.3mm; maximum width 4mm; maximum thickness 1.7mm; weight 3.08g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-19DF6E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver fede or fidelity ring, very worn on outside but probably once gilt. The broad hoop has a plain outer surface, and a flattened D cross-section. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: I ˣ LIKE ˣ MY ˣ CHOYSE, in Roman capitals. Internal hoop diameter 19.7 mm; external hoop diameter 22.3mm; band width 6 mm; band T. 1mm; weight 4.25g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-1995D1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval gilded silver finger-ring with external inscription on a plain central band, separated by a deep grooves from a 'beaded' border made up of parallel grooves. The bezel takes the form of a solid casting, raised and narrower than the band width of the ring. The inscription reads: jaspar : melchior : baltazar : in a mixture of upper and lower case crude black letter script. Triple dots separate words, and the last name is separated from the bezel by an engraved meander with dots. The inside of the hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 17.9mm; external hoop diameter 22.5…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-79D21E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a silver mount, bearing two incomplete inscriptions engraved against a recessed diagonally hatched background (?for enamel or niello). It reads null ce.. / bien in Black Letter script. There are two incomplete rivet holes, suggesting that it once formed part of a composite object. Maximum height 24.6mm; maximum width 18mm; minimum width 16.8mm; thickness 0.9mm; weight 4.04g. The object fragment has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. In terms of design and style of lettering, the mount is probably of late fifteenth-century in date. The motto app…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-799430
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a complete finger-shaped metal ingot with rounded ends of silvery-grey appearance. The underside and a slightly rounded profile, and two indents may assaying nicks. The upper surface is slightly convex, with a small area of pitting, consistent with the ingot having been cast in an open mould (stone, ceramic or earth). There is further evidence for nicking on the side of the ingot - an interventions sometimes undertaken in antiquity to test purity. Length 47.1mm; width 9.4-12.4mm; depth 6.3 - 9mm; weight: 20.01g. As simple moulds for such ingots are found on s…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-673987
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
In terms of size and design, the brooch is of thirteenth- or fourteenth-century date. A number of brooches of this general type with frames decorated with niello are known to have been found in Wales. These include a brooch with similar decoration from Kidwelly Castle found during restoration work (Redknap 1994, no. 16); two silver brooches from Laugharne Burrows, Carmarthenshire, with transverse grooves inlaid with niello (ibid, Fig. 2, nos 9, 10); and one brooch frame from Glyn Tarell, Powys (TAR 2004, no. 495). The reported object is the unevenly cast silver frame from an ann…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-64A391
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a small post-medieval seal matrix (weight 5.25g.). The matrix is engraved with a motif of a naked male Eros with cherubic face facing forward, holding bow and arrow, shown with one wing and a quiver extending behind the back. The naked figure stands in a pasture of long vegetation. The handle tapers upwards to a circular loop with transverse perforation with apex knop, above a transverse collar. The oval matrix has a single engraved beaded border, and measures 14.6mm x 12.4mm. The height of the matrix is 19.2mm. The object, which is worn, has not undergone…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-63CDFB
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Ninety-one Roman denarii, principally of the first and second centuries A.D. As found the coins are in differing conditions, some fresh, some encrusted with corrosion products, perhaps the result of contact with vegetable matter in the form of grass which appears to have been deliberately included within the container of the coins. A detailed study must therefore await conservation of the coins. The coins were contained within the remains of a pottery vessel The latest coin in the hoard is a denarius of Marcus Aurelius, dating to his eighteenth tribunician year, or A.D. 163-4. T…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-6337C2
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Six post medieval silver coins: 1. Henry VIII (1509-47), groat, London; 2nd coinage, with privy-marks Lys (1529-32), obv./Rose (1526-9), rev. North 1797; 2.65g, unworn. 2 Elizabeth I (1558-1603), shilling, London; p.-m. Bell (1583). N.2014; 5.73g, unworn. 3 Elizabeth I, sixpence, London; p.-m. Key, dated 1595. N.2015; 2.50g, chipped. Some wear? 4 Elizabeth I, threepence, London; p.-m. Eglantine, dated 157?. N.1998; 1.37g, some wear. 5 Probably Elizabeth I, groat, p.-m.?. 0.97g, worn flat. 6 Uncertain, perhaps a 17th-century 'milled' threepence (after 1662). 0.75g, worn flat.…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-3E6846
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a silver gilt devotional cruciform pendant with large suspension loop. The cross arms end in rounded knop. The flattened central area is engraved with Hebrew on both sides. One side reads : AGLA, an acronym for the Hebrew phrase Atha Gebri Leilan Adonai, meaning 'Thou art mighty for ever, O Lord'. The other side in engraved with a cross-potent, and the letters AWDN in the inter-arm spaces (probably alpha, omega (as on the Farndon pendant cross); what looks like an O is probably a reversed D, followed by 'N' for Dominus Noster. The central roundel also has an en…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-3DF7B9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a small silver annular brooch. The frame is decorated for half of its circumference with a four-faced cable twist, each facet bearing two rows of small punched dots. The opposite half of the frame is plain, with a circular cross-section. The pin shaft is missing, and the narrowing of the frame shows where the head of the pin was once secured. Internal diameter 12.5mm; external diameter 14mm; frame thickness 1.2mm; thickness of restriction for pin 0.75mm; width of pin head (suggested by restriction of frame) 2mm; weight 06g. A number of annular brooches with …
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3D934E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a fragment of silver gilt 'fede' or devotional ring with a bezel in the form of a sacred heart, crowned by crossed fleur-de-lys, forming flanking heart-shapes. In other rings of this type, clasped hands may decorate the base of hoop. Maximum height 10mm; maximum width 13mm; weight 1.1g. In terms of design and style of the iconography, the ring is of fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century date. A very similar bezel design with heart sprouting two flowers occurs on a silver gilt finger ring from Firle, East Sussex, dated to the late fifteenth or early sixteenth …
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3D4027
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt decorative ring with repeating pattern of alternating half-flowers filling triangular panels, separated by a deep zig-zag moulding. The inside of the hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 19.5mm; external hoop diameter 23.7mm; band width 6.5mm; band thickness 1.8-2.3mm; weight 6.3g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation The form of the ring is similar to that of some late fifteenth-century gold decorative rings. A similar flower motif occurs on a late medieval silver gilt decorative ring in the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A 6769-1860; Oman 1930, no. 269…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3D1996
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger ring in the form of a decorated band, tapering away from bezel. The decoration, which extends all along the external face, has been first engraved and then inlaid with niello (now only partially preserved, but represented by dark material in parts of the engraved design). Three quadrangular panels of ornament with single line borders, are each separated by fields of multiple engraved lines (wrigglework); similar narrow fields at each end are differ in having open outer borders (i.e. not closed by an engraved line). Maximum band width 9mm; minimum band width 4.4mm; max…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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