Record ID: NMGW-E99293
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and worn Roman sestertius, probably issued by Marcus Aurelius AD 161 - 180; minted at Rome. Reverse, providentiae standing left.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-3F62F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman radiate of Victorinus (AD 269-271), dating to the period AD 269-271 (Reece Period 13). INVICTVS reverse type, depicting Sol running left, right hand raised, holding whip in left hand. Gallic Mint I. Elmer 683, Cunetio 2545
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-6B0845
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Marcus Aurelius AD161-80 Sestertius, Rome. Rev: Liberalitas, worn, ...]IMP VII[.... - Liberalitas AVG VI or VII. RIC 1147 or 1150 (AD174-5)
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-8029F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Empire. Hadrian AD117-38, Denarius, Rome. PMTRP cos III Aequitas Standing I corroded RIC 80. 18.73mm, 2.3g
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-FB2846
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of late 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is near-complete, missing only the top of the loop, but has very poor surface preservation. The pendant has a surviving length of 39.06mm and has a weight of 4.8g. The loop has a surviving depth of 5.53mm. The pendant is shield-shaped with small traces of enamel surviving. There is the suggestion of a diagonal strip across the shield (bend), within the strip a small amount of red enamel (Gules) survives. Outside the strip (sinister chief and dexter base) are traces of blue enamel (Azu…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-22A933
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy plate disc brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near complete, missing only the pin and peripheral lugs. The brooch is flat and had eight peripheral lugs, with a surviving maximum width of 22.50mm and weighs 3.4g. The brooch would have employed an open spring mechanism, secured by pierced lugs on the reverse. The eroded catch plate gives the brooch a surviving depth of 4.96mm. All peripheral lugs are damaged, but are likely to have been dished near the ends. The circular disc has a diameter of 18.5mm and is decorated with circular and concentric enamelled cel…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-252132
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate, probably of 13th or 14th century date The buckle plate is near complete, although the buckle frame and pin are missing. The plate has a length of 21.88mm, a width of 18.04mm and has a weight of 3.8g. The buckle plate is folded with a slot for the pin and a recess for the frame. The rear of the folded plate is narrower than the face, with a width of 14.59mm. The face is decorated with a rocker-arm or zigzag border, outside a square panel defined by incised lines. On the interior of the panel is an incised spiral. The incised square and spiral contain…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Sunday 20th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-2552A2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount, probably of 15th or 16th century date The mount is rectangular with a slightly distorted length of 33.44mm, a width of 14.09mm and has a weight of 2.8g. The mount has incised decoration comprising a border containing a central lozenge; outside the lozenge is a rocker-arm or zigzag motif within the triangular panels. At the centre of the lozenge is a circular perforation of 5.4mm diameter. The mount was attached by two separate copper alloy rivets (2.2mm diameter) at each end. The mount has moderately good surface preservation with a mid-green…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-256AE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Empire, House of Valentinian I c.AD364-78, bronze SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-258B11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ROman nummus of Valens (AD 364-378), dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece Period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type, depicting Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Unclear mint.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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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-5B9741
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period AD 353-360 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a soldier advancing left, spearing a fallen horseman. Copying unclear mint. 0.52g
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-5D9085
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy gilt plate brooch of glass centre-boss type and dating to the 2nd or 3rd century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and central setting. The circular brooch has a diameter of 33.7mm and weighs 17.3g. The pin and spring were likely to have been iron and were secured around a singly pierced lug on the rear of the brooch. There is a weak rib between the lug and the narrow catch (8.1mm wide). The front of the brooch is decorated with concentric circles defined by moulded ribs. The outer ring is decorated with a repeating punched S-shaped motif. The inner ri…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Sunday 20th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-600BE8
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy key handle of mid 2nd to 5th century date The handle is incomplete, missing the top of the loop and the base of the socket, with a surviving length of 52.2mm and a weight of 41.8g. The handle would have comprised three oval or pear-shaped loops and has a maximum width of 35.5mm. Projection remnants at each side, may suggest flanking leaves that have been lost. The base of the handle comprises a rectangular panel (25.3mm wide, 10.1mm deep and 11.2mm thick) with three horizontal ribs. The lower part of the handle comprises a broken rectangular socket with a less promi…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
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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-897F40
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Constans AD 337 - 350, Half-Maiorina, FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Pheonix r.on pyre, //TRS[]. Trier, 348-50.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-89D8D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gratian, AD367-383, Brinze, GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI, OF II//[CON] = Arles Mint.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-8A04F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Arcadius AD 383 - 408, small bronze VICTORIA AVGG //LVGP = Lyon c.388-92 LRBC ii, 392.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8A2B14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gratian, AD 367 - 383, bronze, GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI, N-//SCON = Arles LRBC ii,511.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8A3F07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
House of Valentinian I AD 364 - 378, bronze, GLORIA ROMANORVM, mint unknown.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8A5EE5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gratian AD 367 - 383, bronze, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Soldier and captive (fragment).
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8A7107
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Theodora commemorative nummus c.AD337-40 PIETAS ROMANA, Trier Mint.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8A8A72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Divus Claudius, radiate, posthumous coinage in the name of Claudius II (268-70) circa AD 270.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8AB3C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tacitus AD275-6, radiate ('aurelianus') TEMPORVM FELICITAS A*//- = Lyon Mint
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8AD7A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Valentinian I AD364-75, bronze, GLORIA ROMANORVM, soldier and captive, //SMAQP = Aquileia LRBC ii 992
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8AEB28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Constantinopolis revers - Victory on prow, irregular nummus 9mm diameter AD330+
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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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-97F033
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy beaded bracelet fragment of late Iron Age to Early Roman date, c. 1st century AD The bracelet is represented by two globular beads and has a surviving length of 25.0mm and weighs 7.2g. The beads have a thickness and width of 9.0mm. The bracelet thins to 5.2mm between the beads. The surface of the bracelet is eroded but some surviving decoration is evident, comprising ribs near the ends of the beads. The curvature of the bracelet fragment may suggest a bracelet of c. 50mm diameter. The bracelet has poor surface preservation with pale-green surface colour.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-C1B167
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy vessel or furniture leg The leg is complete and has a length of 64.3mm and a weight of 15.7g. The top of the leg has an L-shaped bracket (with a length of 11.2mm and a width of 5.3mm) to support a vessel above. Remnants of a white adhesive or solder are discernible on the surfaces of the bracket. The leg is of sub-lozenge section and has an undulating curve to the foot. The front of the leg is enhanced with moulded projections near the top and incised grooves around the mid-section. At the rear of the mid-section is an incomplete loop (7.8mm diameter), the interior …
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-C4CF26
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy inscribed plate, probably of Roman period date The plate is fragmentary and has a surviving length of 27.5mm surviving height of 20.9mm and a weight of 6.9g. The plate has a thickness of 2.5-2.8mm. The base of the fragment has an original edge, while the other edges are broken. The plate is curved across both its length and height. On the front of the plate is deeply incised lettering and decoration. The letter R is discernible after a ring-and –dot motif. Both appear to be within a double curved border outside of which is a hatched design. The plate has broken along th…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C51803
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of Southern English ribbed type, Class B (Type Welby) and of Ewart Park metalworking tradition, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, c. 950 - 750BC. The axe-head is complete, with an overall length of 105.4mm and a weight of 344.0g. The mouth of the axe is sub-rectangular, with internal dimensions of 31.1mm (depth) by 25.9mm (width). The sub-triangular socket has a depth of 75.4mm. No casting stubs are evident on the mouth but there are broken areas above each face, where the casting stubs may have been removed. Below the mouth (6.2mm bene…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D79451
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of wheel type and dating to the late 1st to 2nd century AD The brooch is complete and has a weight of 7.8g. The brooch has a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar, evidenced by iron corrosion over the lugs. The circular brooch frame has a diameter of 34.3mm. The rim of the brooch projects above the surface and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring or felloe is comparatively wide at 6.8mm with two concave panels, forming a central ridge. The inner edge of the felloe has a smaller raised rim. The brooch has four arms of sub- rectangular se…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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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-4EE498
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman radiate of Tetricus I (AD 271-274), dating to the period AD 271-274 (Reece Period 13). PAX AVG reverse type, depicting Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and sceptre in left hand. Gallic Mint I. Normanby 1477.
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
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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-A32297
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy harness mount probably of 11th century date The harness mount or strap distributor is of four-arm, cross form (four-way harness link) and is incomplete, missing one of the arms and the loop from another arm (with a surviving length of 61.5mm, a surviving width of 50.1mm and a weight of 43.7g). The arms are of D-shaped section (6.1mm wide and 5-6mm thick) with concave sides. The harness strap loops are circular to oval (9mm diameter) and are bevelled towards the rear. The loops are enhanced with three rounded knops (5-6mm wide, 5-6mm thick and 4-5m high).…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A42002
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy blade of uncertain date The object is a tanged bladed implement (with an overall length of 71.0mm and a weight of 5.5g). The blade is leaf-shaped (with a length of 36mm and maximum width of 16.5mm) with a central rib producing a flattened lozenge section (2.7m thick). The tang is of sub-rectangular section and both narrows and thickens towards the terminal (with a width of 1.6mm - 3mm and a thickness of 2.7mm - 3.1mm). The surface has a pale brown discolouration, with a pale to mid-green patina beneath. The implement is difficult to closely parallel and may be seen to …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2013
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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-576054
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Henry, farthing, 1663 BW Devon 28, 0.710g, corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E6F8E6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy looped swivel of uncertain date, possibly Roman The fitting comprises two parts (with an overall length of 42.0mm and a weight of 20.2g), a looped peg inside a double-hooked frame with socket. The loop is circular (with a diameter of 19.2mm and an internal diameter of 12.4mm) and is of eroded sub-square section. Beneath the loop is a tapering plug, seemingly cast within a circular socket and is held by two strips, which engage with grooves in the plug. Each side of the socket has an integral hook (with a width of 39.3mm and a depth of 21.1mm). There is a decorative groove…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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