Record ID: NMGW-74EB6F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy unidentified artefact, possibly a brooch, and Roman in age. The fragment has a hollow back and iron corrosion which resembles springs, this is at the widest point of the object (10.8mm). The sides then taper to a width of 1.7mm, the narrowest point in the fragment, right above the flared foot (3.8mm). On the front of the object, at the centre of the widest point, there are the remains of a stud where a vertical line coming from the foot and a horizontal line meet. The fragment has a rough green and purple patina, and signs of iron corrosion on the back.
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-74E7B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman initial T-shaped brooch, c. AD 50-150. The brooch has a hinge mechanism, and is missing the pin, much of the bow and the catchplate. The axis bar is still enclosed in the wings. The head of the brooch has two tubular wings (33.5mm wide and 5.4mm high), with three vertical grooves on each side for decoration, all closer to the edge than the head of the brooch. The wings are split at the middle of their total length, this fissure still holds what would have been the head of the pin; the very top of this is visible from the front, giving the impres…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-74DF86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of the Headstud type, c. AD 70-200. Brooch belongs to Mackreth’s subtype Headstud 2.d., while Hattatt would classify it as a T-shape brooch, specifically a sawfish type. The brooch has a hinge mechanism, the pin is missing, but the axis bar is still enclosed in the wings. The head of the brooch has two short wings (22.3mm wide and 4.3mm high), with three vertical grooves on each side for decoration; the middle grooves are concave in profile, while the other ones are triangular. The wings are rectangular when viewed from the front, with a …
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-74C389
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy decorative binding of Late Iron Age-Roman date (c. 100 BC-AD 100). The object is near-complete and comprises of a single plate (max 1.2mm thick) bent into a U-shape with integrally cast rounded plates (0.6mm thick) to accommodate a rivet, which remains in situ (surviving overall dimensions 10.0mm x 9.1mm x 12.4mm deep). The plates are flat and plain with straight sides. The diameter of the rivet is 2.5mm and total length of 5.7mm and the internal diameter of the rivet hole on the opposing projection is 1.2mm. The outer surface of the binding is decorated with four m…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-74BCFE
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy suspension hook from an unidentified object, potentially a steelyard, probably of Roman date (c. AD43-410). The hook is made from a single piece of wire bent and tapered flat at one end to form an 8mm long hook. Above the hook the wire has a sub-oval section 2.3mm wide and 1.8mm thick. The wire forms a suspension loop at the top of the object, thinning to c. 0.7mm thick to form a flanking loop on either side of the main loop connected by a chord c. 1.6mm wide. The second flanking loop curves inward then wraps with a left-hand twist repeatedly down and around t…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-74B20A
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman bracelet (c. AD 100-400). The fragment is crescentic in plan and kidney-shaped in section representing less than half of the original bracelet with a surviving length of 48.8mm, width 6.6mm and 4.8mm thick. The top of the bracelet is decorated with a double row of slightly alternating punched dots forming a zig-zag pattern between them. The fragment terminates in an old break on one side (where dimensions are 6.3mm wide x 4.7mm thick). On the other end, four transverse grooves decorate the top of the bracelet and terminates in a blunt edge (where d…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-7499B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of the Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type, c. AD 43-240. Brooch probably belongs to Mackreth’s subtype CD PH 5.b4. The pin was replaced at some point: the spring is broken, the right side has all the original coils, but about half of the coils on the left side are missing, being replaced by the thicker chord which coils around the axis bar on the left side two times then unfolds into the pin. The other end of this thicker chord protrudes from the bottom of the head of the brooch, slightly curving around the edge of it, and this area h…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-748855
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of the Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type, CD PH  5.a2. 1586, Plate 49 , c. AD 43-240. It is missing the pin and a small section on the edge of the catchplate, and the spring and axis have been severed in the middle. The head of the brooch has two short wings (24mm wide and 6.8mm high), with vertical ridges at their ends for decoration: one line on the right wing, and two parallel lines on the left. The wings have perforated caps that hold the axis bar, and a hollow back that still contains the spring mechanism, whose chord go…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-600CEC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast lead seal matrix of Medieval date (c.13th or 14th century AD). The object is sub-circular measuring 23.3mm long, 20.9mm wide, with a max thickness of 3.5mm thick. The seal has a quatrefoil type foliate design in the centre. The circumferential inscription reads + SIGILL • ROBERTI • […] L •. Although much of the surname has been lost to old damage, the letters appear to form SOREL or some variation of the common surname in the Medieval period. The reverse depicts a moulded fleur-de-lis with the base accomodating an integraly cast suspension l…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5FA72B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty Series, Class C, D, or G, minted in Durham in 1351-1361.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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