Record ID: NMGW-9C3A27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description The reported object is the body of a silver annular brooch; the pin is missing. The brooch has been created by filing down the rim of, and removing the centre from, a silver coin of King Henry VI of England (1422-61); this has created a flat annular brooch with inner diameter of approximately 9mm, outer diameter approximately 22mm, with a thickness of the order of 0.6mm and weight of 2.27g. The brooch survives in two pieces, having at some stage been bent and broken; it has not been cleaned. The 'host' coin is a groat (4d) of Henry VI, struck at the mint of Calais betw…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6685EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman flat disc brooch (c. AD 75-300). The brooch is missing the pin. The body of the brooch is circular in plan and flat in profile (24.5mm in diameter, 2.1mm depth). Six peripheral knops (c. 3.7mm wide) decorate the outer circumference but all have been broken sometime in antiquity. The hinge mechanism is positioned on the reverse of the top knop, which is broken and missing appx. half of the height in an old break (surviving height is 7.7mm, 3.7mm wide). Directly across the plate is another knop which accommodates the catchplate on the reverse (survi…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A35E73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Harlow type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is complete and is comparatively short (with a length of 44.3mm, a depth of 19.1mm and a weight of 15.4g). The spring mechanism (with a width of 31.2mm) coils 6 and 7 times either side of a central perforated lug, which secures a probable iron axis bar. The lug is also perforated above the spring and tensions the chord. The convex wings (30.5mm wide, 7mm long) are decorated near the terminals with a single vertical groove each end. The bow has a prominent stepped moulding each si…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Sunday 12th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A52DB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group), of late 1st to early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is comparatively light and is near-complete but is distorted (with a distorted length of 63.3mm a depth of 16.8mm and a weight of 10.0g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism around a copper alloy axis bar and secured at the ends of the wings. The chord was tensioned above the head by a lug. The wing terminals are angled slightly inwards (and the wings have a width of 19.6mm). The fronts o…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-F9EF51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the chain-loop, some of the spring and the end of the pin (with a surviving length of 50.8mm, a depth of 20mm and a weight of 16.0g). The spring is secured around a single central lug and the chord appears to have been tensioned above but is now corroded and fragmentary and it is unclear whether the chain loop was integral to the brooch or spring (swivelling chain loop). The wings are angled towards the rear (with a width of 18.0mm). The fronts of the wings are decorated w…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-FABA51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near complete, missing the pin and some peripheral damage (with a length of 33.7mm, a distorted width of 37.6mm and a weight of 6.9g). The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs (6.9mm deep), positioned on the rear of one of the peripheral lugs on the side. The catch-plate is positioned on the rear of the opposing lug (9.9mm deep). The rear of the brooch is hollowed (with an overall distorted depth of 11.5mm). The peripheral lugs are sub-circular (7mm wide by 6-7mm long) and remnants of d…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-FC5697
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of La Tène III type and probably of mid-1st century BC to mid-1st century AD date The brooch is near complete with peripheral damage (with a length of 51.2mm, a depth of 15mm and a weight of 4.1g). The brooch is of one-piece construction with an internal chord and four spring coils (with a width of 10.8mm and diameter of 1.8mm - 2.3mm). The bow is sheet metal (with a thickness of 0.5mm) and comprises two oval lobes, separated by a narrowing in the bow. The upper lobe is damaged (with a surviving width of 15.6mm and a length of 11m…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-55C328
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 6.b8, wavy ridge, flat wing ends type) of the Eastern Group, dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD. The brooch is near complete, missing the spring and catch and has a length of 55.3mm and a weight of 21.8g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. No claw or lug to tension the chord is evident on the head. The wings have a width of 30.8mm and are decorated near the terminals two vertical panels containing …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-561E14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), dating AD 80-120. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only, with a surviving length of 29.3mm and a weight of 8.4g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. A claw was employed to tension the chord on the head. The wings have a width of 20.6mm and have expanded oval terminals (9.1mm x 7.2mm), which are angled towards the rear. The sides of the bow have curved mouldings at the h…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-C38561
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4.l, flat wing ends type), dating to the 80-160 AD The brooch is near complete, missing the pin and catch only, and has a length of 53.7mm and a weight of 10.3g. The spring mechanism is still in place and was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. A claw was employed to tension the chord on the head. The wings have a width of 20.5mm and have expanded circular terminals (8mm diameter), which are angled towards the rear. The sides of the bow have c…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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