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Record ID: NMGW-6A67E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A silver penny of Cnut the Great (AD 1016-1035) dating to AD 1024-1030. “Pointed helmet” type (HILD.F). Short voided cross united at base by two circles, in centre a pellet; in each angle a broken annulet enclosing a pellet reverse type. Moneyer Wynstan, London mint. North 787.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-7F876B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A silver penny of Cnut (r. AD 1016-1035) dating AD 1024-1030. Mint of York, as North Vol. 1. Moneyer: Fargrimr.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coychurch', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NMGW-D636B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A complete struck silver penny of Offa of Mercia (r. AD 757-796), of the heavy coinage dating c. 792-796). Mint of London, moneyer Ethelnoth/Æthelnoth. North No. 324, Chick No. 231. Reverse die struck slightly off centre of flan. Diameter: 18.7mm Weight: 1.3g
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-E0F00D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Harold I (Joint king 1035-1037, sole king 1037-1040), Jewel Cross type, BMC i, moneyer Loefwine, minted in Shrewsbury, 1036-1038 (North 802).
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D677C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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
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Record ID: NMGW-91D3EE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An anonymous issue silver sceat of Early-Medieval date c.AD 680 - 700. Of series F, (Metcalf a.ia). Identified by finder as Abramson group 106 Series F 60. Mint and moneyer uncertain. Recorded in Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds (EMC number : 2021.0301) Diameter: 11.6mm Weight: 1.07g
Created on: Tuesday 1st February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-6D6143
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete silver early medieval sceat, Series H (Type 49: Metcalf 2a) minted in Hamwic (Southampton), 710-740 (North 103).
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-33F10B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A silver early medieval penny of Aethelred II "the Unready" (978 - 1013). Crux type, moneyer Leofwine, minted in York, 991-997 (North 770).
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F3934E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Danelaw, (c.890), Five Boroughs, Penny, imitation of London Monogram type A, of Alfred the Great, unnamed moneyer, coarse style, type E, XLƎF D’ EDREX, F inverted, diademed bust right. Rev, monogram with inverted N and L, 1.30g. (MacKay Danelaw E, obverse similar to coin 5.1, die combination 5, O5/R5 – see plate 6, no. 95; S.964; cf. N.463), peck marks on reverse, extremely fine condition. Recorded by Fitzwilliam Museum.
Created on: Monday 13th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishopstone', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NMGW-ED3749
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver early medieval penny of Cnut (1016-1035). BMC type xvi, Moneyer Brungar or Brunman, minted in London, c. 1029-1035/6. BMC 432. North 790.
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC9AAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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
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Record ID: NMGW-9A7E11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver coin PENNY OF ÆTHELRÆD II (978 – 1016) Obv. +ÆÐELRED REX ANGL·ER; diademed bust l., four pellets to front, linked to shoulder by curved lines Rev. +ÆÐELVEARD MO NA; small cross pattée Weight: 1.49g; Die-axis: 0º First Small Cross type, c.978-9; BMC i; Hildebrand A; North 764. EMC 2016.0222 For initial discussion of this coin, see http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=51373 , which covers much useful ground. It is also worth noting that the only ‘Aethelweard’ recorded for Aethelraed II in First …
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DB029B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver early medieval styca of an uncertain king or archbishop, possibly an irregular type.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-193AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published Find 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.


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Record ID: NMGW-8C1521
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A silver early-medieval penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066). Bust facing/small cross type (North 830; BMC xiii), moneyer Eadric at Hereford Mint, 1062-1065. The coin is a die match with coin no. 111 from the Abergavenny Area Hoard (Besly 2016), which was a previously unrecorded variety.
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-99AC0A
Object type: ARM BAND
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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-8490F6
Object type: ARM BAND
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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-3457EA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published Find 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-B1A80D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published Find 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-DAB2C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published Find 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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