Record ID: NMGW-E2C2AB
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast tin alloy bead of unknown date. The bead is roughly circular in plan and sub-oval in section with external diameter of 13.6 and 8.5mm thick. The central perforation is warped but the side with less warpage has an internal diameter of 5.8mm x 3.9mm. The bead lacks diagnostic characteristics so a definite date cannot be obtained, however two tin beads are recorded from Medieval (15th century) contexts and examples are described by Egan and Pritchard (2002: 315-316 no. 1584, 1585). The metal is a medium grey and shiny in places with a weight of 4.17g. References…
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D5893B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval tin halfpenny of James II (1685-1688), minted at the Tower of London, 1685-1687 (Spink 3419). Missing copper plug.
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3906D9
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ?silver ram rod holder of Post Medieval date (c.AD 1650-1850), likely from a musket or rifle. The object is comprised of a hollow sheet tube, sub-oval in section (10.4mm x 8.1m and 35.1mm long) with each end of the sheet tube meeting in the middle with a rectangular attachment plate, each perforated with a central hole x.1.6mm internal diameter. Part of an attachment survives on one end, terminating in a break creating a rectangular shape in plan (19.9mm long x 10.8mm wide x 2.4mm thick). The attachment is decorated with a raised band at the attached end and two moulded a…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2022
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-385D92
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast tin alloy token of Post-medieval date. Unclear value, issuer or date.
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5714C2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post medieval pewter (tin alloy) spoon, probably of 16th century date The spoon is complete and is slightly distorted and corroded (with a length of 148.4mm and a weight of 34.6g). The stem is surmounted with a rounded knop above a square sectioned terminal (8mm square) and flanked beneath by a rib. The stem is of oval section, with a reasonably consistent width and thickness (of 4mm - 5mm wide and 4.5mm - 6.7mm thick) widening slightly and thickening towards the bowl. There is no 'rat-tail' or rib on the underside of the bowl but the stem is of V-shaped form as it approaches t…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-AFBAB3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval to early post-medieval lead-tin alloy chape, probably from a dagger scabbard. The cast chape is incomplete, eroded at the mouth (with a length of 27.2mm and a weight of 4.5g). The mouth is somewhat misshapen and would originally have been D-shaped to sub-oval (17.3mm x 13.0mm with a wall thickness of 0.7mm). There is some damage below the mouth, probably incorporating a damaged rivet attachment hole. The surface is corroded masking the decoration but a rib is discernible below the mouth, possibly flanked by grooves above and below. Any other decoration is uncertain, ther…
Created on: Friday 12th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'off the upland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-73EF6C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval tin-alloy (pewter) button of 16th century date The button is of domed, 'pimple' form with integral, looped shank and is complete but slightly distorted (with a length of 17.9mm and a weight of 3.3g). The head is solid and of hemispherical form (with a diameter of 11.2mm and a height of 5.6mm) with cast decoration comprising bold radiating ribs converging towards a cross containing a central knop at the apex. The shaft is oval section with a circular loop at its end (with an external diameter of 8.9mm and and an internal diameter of 4.3mm). The surface has a silver-g…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-7ACC04
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval to modern tin alloy (pewter) decorative ring of uncertain function The ring is sub-circular and is complete and comparatively heavy (with a diameter of 27.0mm - 28.7mm, an internal diameter of 20.7mm - 22.3mm and a weight of 16.0g). The ring is of rectangular section (with a width of 10.3mm and a thickness of 1.8mm - 2.5mm) and is angular. One side is decorated with three raised pyramidical bosses (3mm high). There is a border between each of the bosses and also between the edges of the ring. The ring has no applied decoration. Metallurgical analysis was conducted using…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-9E2E72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Contemporary cast counterfeit in base metal (possibly a tin alloy) of a denarius of Servus Alexander (AD 222-235).
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8CD4C8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Empire base metal cast counterfeit of a Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) denarius. It is inscribed P M TR P III [...] and depicts Minerva on the reverse. It can therefore be dated to during or after the reign of Septimius Severus, 193-211. See c.f. RIC IV, pt. 1, no. 49 (struck at Rome, 194-5). Metal not tested, probably a high-tin alloy
Created on: Friday 21st October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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