Record ID: NMGW-10FBC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edward II 1307-27, Penny, London. Class 10cf 36 c.1307-9, 1.31g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-F16A12
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy steelyard weight fragment, probably of late 13th or early 14th century date The weight is represented by a fragment of the copper alloy outer casing only and has a surviving height of 54.8mm, a surviving width of 57.3mm and has a weight of 47.3g.The casing has a thickness of 2.7mm. The casing has an embossed heraldic shield device (35.3mm long by 27.8mm wide) comprising three chevrons, the upper chevron abuts the top of the shield. Each chevron is enhanced with a central incised line. The cells surrounding the chevrons are unlikely to have held enamel. The copper…
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-75BE21
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy smoking pipe or possibly a candle snuffer, probably of 18th century date The pipe has an overall length of 44.3mm and has a weight of 25.5g. The mouth of the piece is distorted and is now oval with an external length of 23.7mm and a width of 15.7mm (13.9 x 9.4mm internal). The mouth has moulded decoration comprising short vertical ribs. The outside of the bowl has four decorative horns and there is a single larger horn between the bowl and stem. The pipe would have been fitted with an organic or clay stem after a double-ribbed moulding. It is now unclear what…
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-857132
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single-runner casting jet of uncertain date, possibly Middle to Late Bronze Age, c.1500-750BC The jet is irregular and conical-oval in shape, with a length at the top of 34.8mm and a width of 23.3mm. The jet has a weight of 35.0g and an overall depth of 17.4mm. At the base of the jet is a projecting stub or single-runner (19mm x 12mm x 7mm), which would have fed into the mould. The jet has an irregular surface with a dark green patina.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D7F6B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elizabeth I sixpence, A 1584, London, 2.450g clipped; worn.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E7EC47
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Victorinus radiate, Virtus Aug, r. Mint I, much corroded.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-9E6076
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of objects The three coins are all silver issues of King Edward III of England (1327-77), described in standard numismatic classification as follows: 1. groat, London, series D/C, c.1353; 2. half groat, York, Series E, c.1354-5; 3. groat, London, Series F, c.1356. All of the coins are of reasonable weight and slightly worn.
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-00E085
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead fragment probably the base of medieval pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The probable ampulla comprises a corroded edge fragment (with a surviving length of 25.8mm, a surviving width of 36.3mm, a maximum surviving thickness of 5.8mm and a weight of 12.6g). One face is more complete and had a cast design, now difficult to interpret. Very little survives of the other face. While there are shallow grooved marks on both faces there is no clear surviving evidence for the scallop shell decoration, often seen on one face of the ampulla. The fragmentary and corr…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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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-FA5297
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Irregular nummus; Urbs Roma / wolf and twins type; c. AD 330-50
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-FA8D92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Henry II (1154-1189) penny, 'Tealby' Type, c. 1158-80; Class A
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7A874C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Stephen (1135-54) cut halfpenny Type I ('Watford' type) Uncertain mint and moneyer, perhaps Edward +EDVI[ ] 0.58g
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-2B27A1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval lead alloy purse bar, c. 15th or 16th century The purse bar is complete with a length of 53.6mm and a weight of 7.1g. The terminals were pointed with a flange before a recess to secure the missing frame. The bars are of sub-rectangular section with attachment plates beneath. The bar widens (to 10.1mm) and thins (to 3.6mm) at the centre to accommodate a perforation (3.0mm diameter), through which the loop would have passed. No decoration is evident on the purse bar. The surface is poorly preserved and has a mid-grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 29th December 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E8BA22
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is near-complete, missing the side loops and with a distorted mouth (with a length of 55.2mm and a weight of 52.5g). The expanded and distorted mouth (with a width of 22.0mm) is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (21mm wide and 9.9mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 2 – 3mm above the body and have a length of 11mm (3.8mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 38.3mm and a thickness of 11.4mm. The obverse face is convex and is decorated with the scallop…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EB6520
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is incomplete and distorted, missing some of the mouth and the side loops (with a distorted length of 60.2mm and a weight of 55.4g containing some sediment). The expanded mouth (with a width of 27.8mm) is damaged and is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (19-22mm wide and 10mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 4 - 6mm above the body and have a length of 11 - 13mm (3 - 5mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 37.6mm and a thickness of 9.6mm. The obverse …
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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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-DC91C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rome, Republic. Denarius issued by Mark Anthony, during campaign 32-31BC. Well worn 3.591g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8EC6E8
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint assemblage, consisting of 55 pieces including a utilized blade, cooking pot body sherd, unfinished arrowhead, flakes, spalls, knapping debitage, natural flint, natural chert, gunflint, blades, retouched blade, core, scrapers, bifacially retouched flakes, leaf-shaped arrowhead, barbed and tanged arrowhead and knife or fabricator. Some of the flint is burnt.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-A63695
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward IV (AD 1461-83). Minted at Dublin. Suns and roses/ roses on cross.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-09A1A5
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plain and elongate gold strip with near parallel sides. One terminal survives, while the other has been torn around 4-7mm from the end. The surviving terminal is loosely folded over, with an external width of 3.5-5mm. The terminal tapers gradually beyond the fold-over, with a flat but slightly convex shaped end and rounded corners. An offset crease, parallel to the terminal-end is visible 2.2-2.5mm from the edge, the strip terminal also being pinched and thinned beyond the crease. Approximately 4mm from the terminal, a pin-hole approximately 0.8mm in diameter perforates the strip. D…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
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