Record ID: NMGW-7EE142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval copper-alloy brooch of ansate type, dating from the 8th or 9th century The brooch is incomplete, missing the head (with a surviving length of 29.7 mm and a weight of 3.4 g). The arched bow gives the brooch a depth of 13 mm. The bow is of D-shaped section (2.8 mm thick) with straight parallel sides (7.5 mm wide). The bow is decorated with horizontal ribs, positioned at the apex of the arched bow and at the top of the leg. There is a further slight rib at the foot and there was likely to have been another rib between the head and the arched bow and a corresponding weak…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-8FC227
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy enamelled belt-plate of 2nd to early 3rd century date The belt fitting is fragmentary and is represented by the end of the plate only (with a surviving length of 23.2mm and a weight of 3.7g). The fitting has a projecting circular stud or 'frog' (10.1mm diameter, 2.1mm thick and with a height of 6.7mm above the plate). The outside of the frog was notched but is now eroded. The interior of the frog is enamelled with green enamel containing white squares and swirls, seemingly millefiori. The rod connecting the plate to the stud is of oval section. The buckle-plate was …
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 22nd September 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A91D12
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group II or Group IV with Group II affinities (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 62 - 65), perhaps dating to the Penard metalworking industry (c.1275-1120 BC following Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to the latter part of Needham's (1996) Period 5 (dated to 1500 - 1150BC). The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded, but is otherwise complete (with a length of 159mm and a weight of 38.2g). The butt was trapezoidal (with a maximum surviving width of 45.5mm) without a central rib or notches. The butt appears to have broken through two rivet holes, position…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A96038
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy finger-ring, probably of 2nd or 3rd century date The finger ring is fragmentary, represented by the bezel and hoop fragment (with a surviving height of 16.5mm and a weight of 4.1g). The shoulders have a V-shaped moulding and the hoop is of low-oval section, with straight sides diverging towards the bezel (with a width at the break of 6.8mm, a width at the bezel of 9.2mm and a thickness of 2.8mm). The hoop would originally have had an internal diameter of approximately 18mm. The bezel is oval (15.1 x 12.7mm) and has incised decoration of a figure facing left and hold…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-A9D678
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped, applied hook type (Hull's Group 7) and probably of mid to late 1st century date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, wing terminals, foot and catch-plate (with a length of 59.3mm and a weight of 19.6g). The missing spring was likely to have been coiled around an axis bar and secured by lugs at the wing terminals (Polden Hill type arrangement) and with the chord secured by the copper alloy sheet at the head. The damaged wings (with a surviving width of 29.5mm) are decorated with vertical ribbing. The rear of the head has a V-shaped cu…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-490957
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler’s (1960) Type B (or ‘omega’ / Iberian type) and of sub-type B3, probably of c. mid 1st to early 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, but is complete except for the missing pin (with a width of 45mm, a height of 44mm and a weight of 14.2g). The hoop is of quadrangular section (having a width of 6.0mm and a thickness of 4.0mm) with rounded faces, faceted on the interior edge. The terminals are composed of a crescent moulding opposing the hoop with a ‘tear-shaped’ device between the crescent and hoop. The brooch is erode…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-4B2431
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy zoomorphic figurine, probably a weight in the form of a horse, now damaged and incomplete, represented by the front of the animal (with a surviving length of 32.5mm, a maximum surviving height of 22.1mm and a weight of 20.4g). The legs of the horse survive as short stubs and are projecting forward, suggesting the horse may have been depicted running. The figurine has a maximum width across the shoulders of 10.0mm. The mane is evident along the neck of the horse and the recessed eyes are discernible but all other surface detail has been lost. The find can be closely para…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DC6217
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes I (active 1553-1584). 'Lion of Saint Mark' type inscribed 'SANTVS MARCVS ZV NOS' dating to 1553-1584. Minted at Nuremberg. See Mitchiner (1988, 397-398) nos 1324-1327
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-DD9436
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, probably of Maximian (AD 286-310), probably dating to AD 290-1 (Reece Period 14), SALVS AVGG, Salus standing right, feeding snake held in arms. Mint of Lyon, Seventh Series. RIC V, pt 2, p. 269, cf. no. 422; Gloucester Hoard (CHRB XIII), p. 107, cf. no. 2042 (23 specimens); Bastien, Le Monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon 285-294, p. 189, cf. no. 410. Worn and pierced. The original record suggested it might have been reused in the Early Mediaeval period.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DEB551
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper Alloy coin (coin 2). Valens (probably) AD364-78, SECVRITAS REPIPVBLICAE .//SCON (=Arles) I.R.B.C. ii, 502.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-82C8C4
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes III (active 1608-1612) dating to 1608-1612. Rose/orb type inscribed GLICK KVMPT VON GOT IST WAR. Minted at Nuremberg. See Mitchiner (1988, 412-413) nos 1405-1407 Around half of the original flan survives, the rest lost to a relatively straight break.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-82F933
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy, House of Valentinian, GLORIA ROMANORVM, uncertain emperor and mint, c.364-78
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-87FCD4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper Alloy coin, House of Valentinian (c.AD 364-78), bronze, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Soldier and captive, uncertain emperor and mint, 1.51g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-9A40F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, Carausius (in Britain), c.AD 286-93 (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left with branch and vertical sceptre. Unattributed Mint, . Radiate, Rev. PAX AVG, unsigned, RIC V, pt 2, p. 535, cf. 881, 2.99g. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-9D7961
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late Roman copper alloy Grooved Collar, Variant 1 nail-cleaner The nail-cleaner was cast and is near-complete, missing the forked-end (with a distorted surviving length of 61.2mm and a weight of 4.0g). At the top of the shaft is a circular loop (5.6mm diameter loop with 2.8mm diameter perforation) through rectangular sectioned plate (1.4mm thick). The shaft is oval sectioned, converging towards the fork (with a width and thickness at the top of 4.7 and 3.8mm). The loop is in the same plain as the longer axis (width) of the shaft. The top of the shaft is decorated with two panels enh…
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-2ADCB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped or Headstud type and 1st or 2nd century date The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 17.1mm and a weight of 10.7g). The hinge of the pin survives and is secured within tubular wings (with an eroded width of 26.4mm). The wings are of D-shaped section with the flat front carrying cast ribbed decoration. The remnants of a chain-loop are present on the head. The bow is of sub-rectangular section near the head (12.3mm x 3.5mm) with a central vertical rib (7.2mm long, 4.1mm wide 1.7mm high). The sides…
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-2C83F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper alloy coin, House of Valentinian c.AD364-78. Gloria-Romanorvm. Uncertain emporer and mint (? Siscia or Aquileia)
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-96B191
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), HILAR[ITAS AVG], Hilaritas standing left with branch and cornucopiae. Unattributed Mint. RIC V, pt 2, p. 530, 803 var (803 is cuirassed). 3.490g. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Saturday 2nd April 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-970783
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left holding branch and vertical sceptre. London, [B E or S P// MLX]XI. cf.RIC V, pt 2, p. 471, no. 98, 2.247g. This coin has been noted for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-9746B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin contemporary copy of a nummus of Diocletian, c. 296-297. Prototype: Genio Populi Romani, Trier B (Gamma)//TR, cf. RIC VI, p. 182, no. 183a. 10.55g, struck counterfeit.
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
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