Record ID: NMGW-3324A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: small copper-alloy penannular brooch with cast hoop of circular cross-section and tinned spatulate terminals. The pin-head is barrel moulded, of a type found on fifth- and sixth-century penannular brooches such as the example from Porth Dafarch, Anglesey. The hoop is decorated with four groups of fine ribbing (two at the junction with the terminals). The terminals are covered with fine silver plate and decorated with punched ring and dot, the pairs at the terminal ends being smaller that the single ring-and-dot motifs and the narrow junction with the hoop. Thin incised lin…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-6A67E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: 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-2540A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Great Square-Headed Brooch of Early Medieval date, (c. AD 500-570). The fragment consists only of part of the footplate of the brooch just above but not including the terminal lobe. The fragment is flat and broadly trapezoid in plan, with broadly concave sides (with semi-circular lobes projecting from the footplate lower borders), the sides tapering downwards and with the upper and lower edges being irregular breaks. The sides are near complete, with the exception of the absence of the left projecting lobe. The reverse of the brooch is flat and featur…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-7F876B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: 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.

Record ID: NMGW-D636B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: 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-79917A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy pin, dating from the 8th to 9th century (c.720 – 850 AD) The object consists of the pin head and a fragment of the pin shaft. The head is globular, measuring 7.7 mm in diameter, and features a design of punched ring-and-dot motifs, each being 3.3 mm in diameter. The applied punched design to the pin head’s surface gives a faceted appearance. There are 11 of these motifs evenly spaced over the surface of the head. At the base of the head is a collar from which the shaft of the pin extends. The pin shaft is 1.6 mm in diameter and it&…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-2C8A94
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin likely of Early Medieval date (c. AD 700-900). The pin has a 14.1mm long, 11.15mm wide, 1.1mm thick flat shield shaped head- a flat end with sides tapers slightly down 9.7mm to rounded corners, from which the sides turn in sharply to meet the top of the shank. The head is decorated on both face with incised ring and dot motifs. The decoration on each side is non-identical: one side has eight larger c. 3.3mm diameter ring-and-dots while the other has 10 c.2.5mm diameter ring-and-dots. There are very small lip mouldings on either side of the pin wher…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-DD6B17
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy object, probably a hanging-bowl escutcheon of Early Medieval date, broadly dating from the 6th to early 8th century AD. The object consists of a flat plate once circular with an original diameter of c. 26.6mm, now with damaged edges, and has the 13.7mm wide broken stump of a projection (with a maximum incomplete length of 3mm). The obverse of the object is flat in profile, rising slightly at the thickened lowest point on the plate. The reverse is slightly concave from the projection to the base, which are opposite one another. The projection is a small…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-1D8A07
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and enamel object of likely Early Medieval date. The object appears to be largely complete apart from patches of surface loss, minor edge damage and the loss of the outer parts of the reverse perforated lugs. The object consists of a plate with uneven thickness and a slightly curved profile. In plan it is rectangular with one end rounded the other end rectilinear, the rounded end terminating with a projecting circular knop. The obverse of the object is decorated with geometric motifs executed in champlevé enamel. The design is executed in two mai…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-0C8268
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper alloy penannular brooch of Roman to Early Medieval date (100 to 700 AD), but likely from the 6th to early 7th century AD. The brooch is of Booth/Fowler Type G (Booth, 2014). The brooch is fragmentary, missing the pin, one terminal and most of the frame. The frame survives as a curved segment ending in a break 20.4mm long, with a round cross section 4.6mm in diameter. The frame is decorated with a 6.3mm long section of transverse ribbing on its outer surface The terminal has a flat cross section, tapering slightly from the outer to inner edge, decrea…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2022
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