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
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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
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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-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-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-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-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-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-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-22CFAA
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The penannular arm-ring fragment is of Hiberno-Viking type, and has the form of a broad flat band of silver or rectangular cross-section, 3mm deep, with punched ornament on one face. The expanded mid-portion of the arm-ring tapers to the one complete and now severed ends. The outer face is ornamented with a row of vertical transverse bar-stamping to either side of a central diagonal cross, the punch having a plain centre, between toothed edges. The arm-ring now measures 70mm in length (both ends missing), with a minimum width of 12mm and maximum central width of 18mm. The arm ring doe…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9A4808
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early-medieval silver sceat of Primary Phase Series E, VICO type 1 or 1b, c.690-710.. Obverse: stylised bird, with the appearance of a porcupine, comprising a series of curved lines with pellets ends above a thick curved line; below, four pellet-ended lines, the first two joined by a single stroke to give the appearance: NII Reverse: a square panel created from pellets and solid lines; within this, the characters V I C O [the I marginally off-flan] and three added pellets. Outside the square, part of an 'inscription' of uncertain characters. Weight: 1.14g. Ref: Closely paralleled b…
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-C5EE45
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Five precious-metal finds: Drop of silver waste. Weight 1.3g. (Unstratified; no. 5A) Silver casting waste. Weight 1.8g (Unstratified; found 13/14.5.07; no. 3A) Hack-silver ingot section, cut both ends, one hesitant cut mark across one end. Weight 3.3g (Unstratified; no. 1A) Hack-silver ingot section, cut both ends. Weight 3.5g (Unstratified; no. 2A) Disc, cut in half with perforation. Uncertain. Weight 1.2g (Unstratified; AG no. 4A) In terms of type and design, and on the basis of archaeological context, the 2007 finds are contemporary with the early-medi…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanbedrgoch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-A96F63
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete silver Anglo-Saxon hooked tag. Description of find The tag has a flat, circular plate from which extends the complete integral hook, which tapers and curves back to the rear of the object. The circular plate is decorated with a lightly-incised floral motif of irregularly sized, sub-oval segments radiating from a central circle and surrounded by a narrow border at the edge of the plate. This gives the pattern a flower-like appearance. The reverse of the circular plate is plain. The plate has two circular perforations for attachment, positioned on the opposite end to the ho…
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-B45F06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Published
Silver, penny of William I (1066-87), PAXS type (probably crown 1), c.1083-6, Mint: St Davids?, moneyer: uncertain. In very poor condition, and now surviving only as a fragment. Fortunately, the fragment has the full mint name.
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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