Record ID: NMGW-07268F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval, Viking weight of 9th or 10th century date The weight comprises a cut fragment of ornamental enamelled copper alloy metalwork set into a lead base and is near-complete, missing much of the enamel (with a weight of 116.3g). The lead base is flat and sub-oval (36.5mm x 27.5mm) and the sides are slightly concave and convergent to the top face with a sub-rectangular section (19.0mm thick). A decorated enamelled copper alloy mount, now of sub-triangular form is surmounted into the lead (27mm long and 19mm wide). The mount is decorated with geometric motifs. The lower mo…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-699007
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable vessel fragment, possibly a handle of Early Medieval date The object is incomplete, broken at one end (with a surviving length of 101.9mm and a weight of 197.7g). The possible handle is of D-shaped section at the break (26.8mm wide and 14.7mm thick) and has straight, slightly converging sides towards the terminal. The face is near flat, slightly concave along its length and is decorated with a panel within a raised border, comprising an interlace design in sunken relief. It is likely that the interlace depicts two intertwined beasts and appears to have a rear facing head a…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 9th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-888724
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy sword pommel of late lobed form, probably of 10th or 11th century date The pommel has height of 24.10mm and a length of 51.92mm across the base which curves upwards at both ends and would have rested upon a concave pommel bar. The interior of the pommel has an oval opening (42mm x 10.5mm internal dimensions at the base). The apex of the pommel has an oval aperture (7.2mm x 6.0mm) to accommodate the protruding sword tang. The exterior is decorated with a larger central lobe flanked on each side with smaller lobes and terminal knops. The pommel demonstrates a…
Created on: Monday 15th May 2006
Last updated: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-E9F623
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The object comprises the hilt and upper blade of an iron sword (overall length 235mm). The surviving blade length below the lower guard is 109mm; the blade is straight and two-edged, with a width of 52mm at top, tapering to 47mm at the break. To judge from the other blades (80-95cm long: Evison 1967, 189, Appendix), about 75% of its original length is missing. The blade profile cannot, therefore, help determine the form and date, which is reliant on the guard and pommel. The pommel is constructed in two sections, the upper pommel cap being of broad flat, trilobate form. It is fa…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9E75E1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 9th to later 10th century date The strap-end is incomplete and slightly distorted, missing the outside edge and possibly the attachment edge (with a surviving length of 35.6mm and a weight of 7.0g). The form of strap-end corresponds with Thomas' (2004, p 4) Class F. The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (with a width of 16.9mm) and may have been attached using two circular holes (2.0mm and 1.5mm diameters) near the corners, although there is no slot to accommodate the strap. The sides are straight but irregular and converge towards the …
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-517156
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Hiberno-Norse) copper alloy pin from a ringed pin, probably of 9th to 12th century date The pin is near-complete, missing the loop but is distorted (with a distorted length of 90.3mm, a straightened length of approximately 151mm and a weight of 11.9g). The top of the loop is missing and the interior of the loop would have accommodated a circular frame (with a diameter of 4mm). The pin shaft is circular-sectioned for approximately half of its length before becoming flat sectioned at the tip half. There is a slight swelling around the loop (of 5.3mm diameter), after…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EA7D22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The copper-alloy mount, which is now in four fragments, is of cruciform shape (one arm absent)and has cast ornament over all of its front face, which bears traces of gilding. Two opposing arms are smaller than the third intact arm, each having two groups of four ridges, each representing the tail of a bird are in a single border outline, with ropework infill. A 'Z' shaped moulding separates body from head, which has a small eye and curved beak, in profile. In each case, a forward bent leg has bent feet, claws pointing backwards. The wide arm is parallel sided, and has an expanded …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-2971A3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron and copper alloy mount of Early Medieval date (possibly later 6th to 7th centuries AD). The pendant is made of two parts, a near-intact c.2mm thick facing sheet of decorated copper alloy set into an incomplete iron backing. Viewed from the obverse, the pendant is axe shaped, with a flat butt and concave sides flaring out to the “blade tips”. The butt is 14.7mm wide, the right and left sides are 24mm and 23.3mm long respectively, and there is a maximum object width between the blade tips of 37.5mm. The object has a length of 28.7mm from the butt to the cen…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-6C42C5
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, corroded copper alloy and enamel escutcheon from a type B or C hanging bowl of Early Medieval date (likely mid-6th to mid-7th century AD). The object is slightly convex and was once presumably circular, missing less than half its surface area but the majority of the original rim, making the original circumference uncertain. The decoration on the front of the object consists of three trumpet-spiral “peltae”, all emanating from a shared central spiral. A probable fragment of red enamel indicates the object was likely inlaid with a red enamel field. The reverse i…
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6F8602
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny of Aethelred II 'the Unready' (978-1016). From mint London, Cambridge or Wilton; and the moneyer is probably Wulfgar.
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th November 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
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-9A7E11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: 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-33F10B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: 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-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-9A0D95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edward the Confessor (1042-66) penny PACX type BMC iv (c. 1042-4); uncertain mint and moneyer and possibly imitative. Same dies as BNJ 78 (2008) p 284, 272; NMWPA 2006.201 1.04g
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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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-E0F00D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: 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-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-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
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Record ID: NMGW-51DC91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch pin, possibly from a Late Roman or Early Medieval penannular brooch, perhaps of 4th to 6th century date The brooch frame is missing, with only the cast pin present (with an overall length of 48.6mm and a weight of 3.0g). The loop (with a width of 9.2mm, an external diameter of 11.2mm and internal diameter of 7.6mm) is open at the rear (with a gap of 6.2mm). The loop is corrugated, with raised edges and a central rib (giving a thickness of 1.8mm). The pin (with a length of 38mm) is circular sectioned (2.2mm diameter) and narrows to the tip over the lower-third.…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2022
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