Record ID: NMGW-CA2048
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold Continental Gallo-Belgic quarter stater (1.64g ; 9.7mm), dating to c.125 - 50 BC (Sills Class Ca2). Obverse: Animal or boat. Reverse: Waved line or tree-like object. Sills 2003: 232 and Fig 76.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-EAB5C7
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dimensions: length 84.7mm; length of blade 39.2mm; max. surviving width of blade 14.2mm; external socket diameter 14.9mm; internal socket diameter 12.4mm; approx. length of side-loops 10-10.4mm; depth of socket 53.8mm; weight 21.62g Middle Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead of Davis’ Group 6: Developed side-looped (2012), and probably dating to the Acton Park-Taunton metalworking assemblages (c. 1550-1250 BC). The spearhead is complete and relatively short in overall length, with a short and slender leaf shaped blade. The midrib is pronounced and lozenge shaped in cross-secti…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-2F7C04
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy miniature votive axe of Late Bronze Age to Romano-British date (c.1000 BC-AD 400). The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section with a total length of 21.6mm. The socket is sub-rectangular (9.3mm wide x 5.7mm thick) with a rectangular recess (internal dimensions 4.5mm x 2.0mm). The faces are flat and converge to the blade edge (10.4mm wide). The sides are flat with one side including a moulded rounded knop representing a loop that is flush with faces (5.8mm long) and has straight sides. A small drilled hole perforates the axehead below a…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-9171E9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, incomplete copper alloy or billon Iron Age coin, likely a stater of the South Western Region / Durotriges, dating c. 60-20 BC. As ABC, pg. 111, no. 2169. Coin is undersize and heavily worn on the obverse. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents Reverse: Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above. Diameter: 16.3mm Weight: 2.77g
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-7B74AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Initial T-shaped type of Hull T104 and of 1st-2nd century AD date. The brooch has a total overall length of 54.0mm (object depth 15.2mm). The pin is hinged within tubular wings (width 20.6mm, diameter 4.3mm) decorated with a pair of transverse incised grooves at the wing terminals. The bow is D-shaped in section with straight-sided side mouldings (8.0mm wide at the top of the bow) and a moulded central rib within a narrow recessed panel (grooves on either side) runs the length of the upper bow and is enhanced with incised horizontal not…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-7B6F89
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Hod Hill type, panel without side lugs, dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is missing the pin and portion of the catch plate (total length 33.7g). The wings are sub-oval in plan, perforated by a copper alloy axis bar, spanning a width of 13.0mm. A rectangular pin slot in the back accommodated a hinged pin, now missing. The bow is D-shaped in section and decorated with moulded transverse ribs of alternating size: going down the bow, the first is small and decorated with small notches; followed by a more prominent rib (4.1mm thick x 6…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-2540A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Great Square-Headed Brooch of Early Medieval date, (c. AD 500-570). The fragment consists only of part of the footplate of the brooch just above but not including the terminal lobe. The fragment is flat and broadly trapezoid in plan, with broadly concave sides (with semi-circular lobes projecting from the footplate lower borders), the sides tapering downwards and with the upper and lower edges being irregular breaks. The sides are near complete, with the exception of the absence of the left projecting lobe. The reverse of the brooch is flat and featur…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-79917A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy pin, dating from the 8th to 9th century (c.720 – 850 AD) The object consists of the pin head and a fragment of the pin shaft. The head is globular, measuring 7.7 mm in diameter, and features a design of punched ring-and-dot motifs, each being 3.3 mm in diameter. The applied punched design to the pin head’s surface gives a faceted appearance. There are 11 of these motifs evenly spaced over the surface of the head. At the base of the head is a collar from which the shaft of the pin extends. The pin shaft is 1.6 mm in diameter and it&…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-A13DB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper alloy Hod Hill type brooch of Roman date (c. AD 43-70). The brooch is complete except for the rolled edge of the catchplate and the missing axis bar and pin the bow is also distorted slightly. The brooch is probably of Mackreth’s (2011) Hod Hill type 1.a1a. The 10.1mm wide head is rolled, bifurcated, and expanded, narrowing to 4.9mm wide before joing with the top of the flat bow, which expands to 7.1mm wide above the wings. The upper bow hasis decorated by three parallel ridges running 13.2mm from the head to a transverse flute and ridge separating th…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-91AFC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative with Trumpet-style knop brooch,of Roman date (c. AD 98-138). The brooch consists of the foot, catchplate and part of the bow, which ends in a break. The bow at the break is roughly flattened rectangular in section with the lower part of a rectangular single cell, which would have contained enamel. Below this cell, the bow narrows and thickens, with a transverse mouldings reminiscent of an acanthus forming the apex of the bow. Below this, the bow narrows to down to the simply moulded foot, with the solid, intact catchplate proje…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-919A94
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy casket key of medieval date (c.AD 1150 – 1450). The bow is of simple circular form, with a circular perforation, and a flattened oval sectioned stem with a projecting stem tip. The flat bit projects at 90 degrees to the stem and has a single rear cleft, with an abraded outer and lower edge. The metal has a mid green patina and is worn. Cf. YORYM-BA5220, LEIC-FA71FA and NARC-6FB87B.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-31B274
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver-plated contemporary copy of a post-medieval testoon of Henry VIII (1509-1547), pellet in annulet initial mark, minted in London in 1544-1547 (North 1841). The plating is visible at the break.
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-2C8A94
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin likely of Early Medieval date (c. AD 700-900). The pin has a 14.1mm long, 11.15mm wide, 1.1mm thick flat shield shaped head- a flat end with sides tapers slightly down 9.7mm to rounded corners, from which the sides turn in sharply to meet the top of the shank. The head is decorated on both face with incised ring and dot motifs. The decoration on each side is non-identical: one side has eight larger c. 3.3mm diameter ring-and-dots while the other has 10 c.2.5mm diameter ring-and-dots. There are very small lip mouldings on either side of the pin wher…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-8C8316
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy awl, possibly of late Bronze Age date, c. 1250-800BC. The awl is made up of two regions, one end being bullet shaped and having a smooth surface, the other having a hammered surface. The awl is 52.7cm long and 6.6mm in diameter at the widest point. The tang end, comprising of 30.5mm of the length, is roughly worked with obvious hammer or tool marks. This narrows towards the tip and then gently curves to a sharp point. It is broadly square in section. The working end of the awl, comprising of 22.2mm of the length, has a smooth surface and is bullet shaped. It i…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-5FA72B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty Series, Class C, D, or G, minted in Durham in 1351-1361.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-639629
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead circular lead Papal Bulla of medieval date (c.1150-1500). Heavily worn and the face has no trace of the stamp meaning a specific Pope cannot be identified. On the obverse it is just possible to identify the letters SPASPE - 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and 'SPE' for St. Peter to the right. The top of the head of St. Peter is also visible.  A broad Medieval date range is given due to inability to identify a specific Pope. The object has a brownish-grey colour and measures 37.9mm in diameter, is a distorted c.4.7mm thick and weighs 41.9…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-620797
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy harness fitting of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1020 – 800 BC). The ring consists of a circular ring (internal diameter 6.5mm, external diameter 18.9mm, 6.9mm thick) with an integrally cast sub-rectangular slot (outside dimensions 10.5mm long x 5.1mm high x 3.6mm thick; internal dimensions 5.3mm long x 2.5mm high) projecting from one end, resulting in a maximum length of 22.1mm. A raised moulded central rib/seam runs along the outer circumference of the ring, giving the object a flattened hexagonal shape in plan. The object is a smooth mid to dark gr…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-4BEA6F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester Derivative Harlow type, dating to the Roman period (c. 50-80 AD). The brooch is complete apart from the corroded, largely absent spring, pin, and axis bar. The head of the brooch has two rectangular wings 23.4mm wide, and 7.2mm high, with a curved section with a concave reverse to hold the spring. The centre of the reverse of the head has an integral plate with two perforations (now covered by corrosion product) to hold the chord and axis bar. The iron mechanism as a whole now survives only as a corroded lump affixed to the brooch…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-3A5227
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), minted in 1565. Second issue, North 1997, with pheon. Coin is slightly bent, fractured, and has been clipped. Bust is mostly indiscernible.
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-393579
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver halfpenny of Henry VI’s first reign (AD 1422-1461). Mint of London, North 1434. Coin has lost half of the inscription and is a little bent.
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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