Record ID: NMGW-A43EEE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bar mount with a central lobe and non-integral rivets of medieval date (c. 1150-1450 AD). The mount is cast in one piece, with a central domed lobe decorated by three transverse grooves. The reverse of the central lobe is concave. The two terminal lobes are slightly rounded, with circular 2.2-2mm rivets fixed flush with the front of each lobe, projecting slightly from the back.  No’s. 1160 and 1161 in Egan and Pritchard (2002, pgs. 213-214, plate 134) are very similar in form, although with different decoration. The object has a dark patina with encrustin…
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A4529D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bar harness mount with central and terminal lobes of Post Medieval date. The integrally cast mount has a central domed oval lobe with a moulded collar separating it from a round lobed terminal at one end. A large bent spike projects from the reverse of this lobed terminal. The other end terminates in a break, and likely once continued to a symmetrical lobed terminal with a second spike. The object has a green patina with encrusting soil. Length: 29mm Width: 12mm Thickness: 11.4mm Weight: 44.g
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A4259D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy lozenge shaped mount, with separate rivet and rove, dating to the medieval period (c. 1250-1450 AD). The head is formed by lozenge shaped (17.9mm long, 14.7mm wide) sheet of copper alloy pressed into a domed head, with concentric lozenge decoration. The separate rivet is fixed centrally, and still bears a separate circular rove internally. The edges of the very thin sheet copper alloy head are badly damaged and fragmentary. Length: 17.9mm Width: 14.7mm Thickness: 3.7mm Weight: 0.56g
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-47A9D4
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete cast copper alloy casket key of Medieval date (c. 1100-1500 AD). The bow is a simple circle joined to the stem by a moulded collar. The end of the stem is hollow and is partially broken. The bit is a simple single ward separated from the stem by two clefts and a moulded transition between stem and bit. The key is missing much of its original surface and is green in colour.
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-70DD50
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval Tournai jetton dating to c. 1400-1500. Shield / triple stranded cross type.
Created on: Friday 3rd April 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-DEBEC1
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval French jetton of Charles VI of France dating AD 1380-1422. The jetton is of Sheild of France Modern type, as Mitchener (1998) no. 449. The jetton is near complete, with a small bent and cracked section of edge. Obverse: Shield of France Modern, pellet above and to side of each shield. Obverse Legend: AVE MAR[IA] GRACIA Reverse: Tressure around triple stranded cross flueretty with quatrefoil in centre, rosettes in angles Reverse Legend: None Diameter: 27.4mm Weight: 3.01g
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EC80AB
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy hooked tag of Post-Medieval date (c. 1500-1600). The object consists of an oval plate with a trapezoidal attachment loop on the flattened base of the plate and a broken hook projecting from the top. The upper face of the object is decorated in relief with a human bust facing right in profile. The reverse of the plate is concave. The object has lost most of its original surface to corrosion and has a pitted brown surface with patches of green corrosion product. This object belongs to Read’s Class E Type 3 (See Read, B. Hooked-Clasps & Eyes. 2008, Port…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-C1BF39
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 12th or 13th century date The harness pendants is incomplete, missing most of the pendant part and is hinged closed (with a length of 40.0mm and a weight of 13.5g). The suspension mount is near-square (29.4mm long, 27.2mm wide and 1.8mm thick) and was attached using four separate rivets, positioned near the corners. At the centre of the mount is a circular recessed field containing a cross with trefoil knops on each of the arms. The interior of the cross is recessed: The cross of Toulouse. It is not clear whether there was enamel in any of…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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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-CA1437
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of 1st to 3rd century AD date The finger-ring is fragmentary, represented by a shoulder and part of the bezel only (with a surviving length of 15.0mm, a surviving depth of 12.8mm and a weight of 1.7g). The shoulder is comparatively thin (at 0.5mm) with straight sides, gradually diverging to the bezel (with a minimum width of 6.7mm and a maximum width of 13.0mm). The shoulders are decorated with vertical incised lines abutting double incised transverse lines. Above the transverse lines and around the bezel are a number of punched marks. The bezel is ov…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st December 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-670A69
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy ringer-ring probably of Henig’s (1978)[1] Type VIII and of 3rd century AD date The ring is incomplete, missing the setting and is heavily-corroded (with an overall height of 23.7mm and a weight of 6.7g and internal dimensions of 20.5mm x 18.4mm). The base of the hoop is of D-shaped section (4.6mm wide and 2.3mm thick) and expands towards the shoulders. The shoulders are of keeled form with a marked carination (giving the finger-ring a maximum width of 26.4mm) and are decorated with triangular mouldings, divided by a central groove. A flat border flanked the e…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4D9D70
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy clothes fastener dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is made in openwork style in the form of knotwork forming three loops, with a bar attached to the finials of the knots. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated, while the obverse is decorated in moulded relief in the form of ropes/string with rose shaped finials. This fastener is 16.03mm in length and 15.97 mm in width; and 2.13 grams in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EEC135
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy dividers of 17th or 18th century date The dividers are incomplete but now distorted (with a distorted length of 75.0mm, a straightened length of 77mm and a weight of 12.9g). The hinge at the apex is of faceted sub-spherical form (with a width of 9.5mm and a thickness of 7.2mm). The base of the globular head is defined by a single ribbed moulding, extending on both sides and faces. The hinge extends below the head (for 10mm) and is rectangular sectioned (6.1mm x 5.0mm) before the two arms. Each arm is of trapezoidal section and gradually narrows to the t…
Created on: Wednesday 15th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-9759E6
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy cosmetic mortar, probably of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cosmetic mortar is complete and has a length of 58.4mm and has a weight of 15.1g. The end-loop is of circular section (3.0mm-3.9mm thick) and is of turned-over form with a bill-like projection, which continues beneath the bow for a length of 9.6mm. The loop and projecting bill was likely to have been intended to resemble a stylised duck’s head (Jackson 1985, p 168) . The loop has an internal diameter of 4.9mm (11.3mm external). The bow has a maximum width around the centre of 8.3mm and a maximum thickness…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7C4C37
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Contemporary copy of a copper alloy as of Gaius (Caligula) (AD 37-41) (Reece Period 1), commemorating Marcus Agrippa, S C, Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident. Prototype Mint of Rome. RIC I, p. 112, cf. no. 58.
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-0999B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman coin of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. A sestertius struck in Rome c. 167-168 AD. The coin depicts Victory advancing left and may bear the titles ARM PARTH MAX. The coin is heavily worn.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-09AF76
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman coin of Commodus, 180-193 AD. A sestertius struck in Rome c. 186-187 AD. The coin depicts Minerva standing facing left and may bears the legend MINER VICT PM TR P XII[II IMP VIII XOS V PF]. The coin is worn.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-58B581
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Nummus
Created on: Friday 4th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E35FC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Claudius II (AD 268-70) radiate, Rome VIRTVS AVG RIC 109; Cunetio 1970 1.99g
Created on: Monday 27th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E37238
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Claudius II (AD 268-70) radiate, Rome PROVID AVG RIC 88; Cunetio 2176 2.39g
Created on: Monday 27th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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