Record ID: NMGW-BFF82B
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment representing the back case of a pocket watch of probable late 17th-early 19th century date. The watch fragment is sub circular in plan, with a domed external surface made of a single piece of copper alloy c. 1.8mm thick. The centre of the case is destroyed, leaving a jagged edged uneven hole in the centre of the plate. At the top of the case the remains of the pendant are still fixed through the case, with an incomplete length of 7.1mm, and diameter of 4.6mm. The knobbed head of the pendant retains the projecting stubs of the pendant loop. A small button can be…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-BF1DAB
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete lead ampulla of Medieval date (c. AD 1250-1530). The ampulla is complete apart from minor damage to the mouth and a pierced hole in one face. The ampulla is of typical flask shaped form, with a 33mm diameter circular body with faceted edges and a rectangular neck with rounded sides. There are rectangular side loops on both sides of the neck, measuring 14.6mm long and c. 4mm out from the sides, though they are now distorted and crushed. The mouth of the ampullas is open and slightly damaged, measuring 22.5mm wide and 9.7mm deep, with the interior of the ampulla being ho…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-BECBD3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rolled and folded lead sheet of uncertain dating, probably Roman to Modern (AD 43-1950). The object is roughly tubular in form but appears to have been an irregular shape prior to folding. The object is filled by lead carbonates and soil, and one corner has been folded over a segment of 0.5mm diameter copper alloy wire, with unidentified fibres present in some of the lead carbonate and soil fill. The outer surface of the object has tool marks- parallel lines likely representing the jaws of some pliers or tongs as well as some impressions that appear to be from twisted wire. The obj…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-AAFFD2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy nummus coin of Constantine I dating to AD 319 (Reece Period 16). VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse type. Mint of Trier, as RIC VII Treveri 214/21. The coin has been misstruck on the reverse and much of the edge is missing. The coin retains a slight trace of silvering. Obverse: Bust of Constantine I, laureate, helmeted, cuirassed, left, possibly holding spear over shoulder. Legend: [IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG] Reverse: Two Victories, winged, draped, standing facing each other, holding a shield inscribed VOT/PR supported by an altar. Legend: [VICTORIAE LAET]A…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-AADECA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn, clipped struck silver penny of Edward I or II of uncertain type, likely dating c. AD 1294-1318. Types 8 to 13, but tentatively identified as a Class 10cf of Edward I, dating AD 1305-1310, mint of London, as North 1040-43. Initial mark cross pattee. Obverse: Crowned bust facing, +EDWA R ANG[…DNS]hYB Reverse: Long cross dividing legend with three pellets in each quarter, [C]IVI/TAS/L[ON/DON] Diameter: 16.6mm Weight: 1g
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-AABA3A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, distorted and Heavily worn groat of Mary dating AD 1553-1554. As North 1960, Tower mint. Coin is missing some of its edge and has a double bend. Obverse: Obliterated, legend [M]A[RIA] D [G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA] Reverse: Long cross fourchee over royal shield, legend VERITA/[S TEM/PORIS/FILIA] Diameter: 21.1mm Weight: 0.92g
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-230AA9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper alloy Portuguese ceitil of Alfonso V (1438 -1464) Obverse: features a castle with three turrets, sitting on a three arched bridge with waves beneath, surrounded by a beaded border. The legend reads ALFONQ EDOMINO CEP Reverse: Shield, legend unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 1st May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-8937BB
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy and iron knife, the handle of which depicts an erotic scene, dating to the Roman period (c. AD43-410). The knife is missing all of the blade with the exception of the tang and the surviving handle has suffered significant corrosion and wear. The base of the handle is an irregular worn block 15.8mm wide and 4.7mm thick, with a slot containing the corroded remains of the blade. The blade appears to have been fixed, as there is no evidence of a pivot for a folding blade. The rest of the handle is an erotic scene consisting of three human figures standing o…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-871855
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy fitting from a sword belt of Post Medieval date (c.AD 1500-1600). The fitting is comprised of a near-complete plate (surviving length 66.1mm x width 32mm x 3.3mm thick), slightly convex in section, with three integrally cast rounded suspension hoops with large circular apertures projecting from the bottom (internal hoop diameter 5.8mm). The front of the plate is decorated with an incised foliate design of stems with branching leaves. The ends of the plate are decorated with trifoliate terminals and the complete terminal is pierced by an iron rivet in sit…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F31B56
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Medieval seal matrix of 13th century date. The seal matrix is complete except for its top end point, suspension loop and raised reverse rib. This large seal matrix is of flat type and is pointed oval (vesica) in plan, though missing the upper point to damage. The reverse of the matrix is flat and undecorated, with a central solder scar 56.2mm long from the broken edge representing where the raised rib has detached. The die of the matrix is engraved deeply and of relatively high quality. The device is described by Mark Redknap as the following: Under a Gothi…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-1FD4A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy brooch, of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type, dating from c. AD 120-240. The object consists of the head and the bow of the brooch. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. It is irregular in plan, broadly comma shaped in profile, and irregular in cross section. The bow of the brooch is 10.96mm wide and 11.74mm deep at the head, narrowing to 4.06mm wide and 4.03mm deep at the foot . To either side of the bow’s head, semi-tubular wings extend 5.36mm on the left side and 4.15mm on the right. A central rib 2.24mm wide, protrudes from the…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-1F8607
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper alloy buckle, dating from c. AD 1250 to 1400. The buckle frame is circular in plan and measures 41.69mm in diameter. In cross section, the frame is oval and has no constriction for the pin, it measures 4.78mm wide and 4.22mm deep. The pin is oval in cross section and has an open loop attaching it to the frame. It is 46.31mm long and 4.75mm wide, narrowing to 3.71mm, and ending in a blunt point. The buckle has a grey patina with areas of blackening and pale copper-green corrosion.
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 30th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-1F13F2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper hooked tag or dress hook, dating from c. 1500 to 1600. The object has a decorative open work plate which is broadly circular in plan, measuring 15.48mm in diameter. The plate features a six petaled flower motif which is surrounded by a beaded border made up of 12 beads. Coming out from one of the beads is a small remanent of the attachment loop. An integrally cast hook below the plate features a collar which leads into the hook. The hook extends 15.04mm from the plate, where it curves backwards towards the rear right of the object, terminating in a s…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-E6CD42
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy flat-ringed fitting, of Late Iron Age to Roman date c. AD 1 - 100.  The attachment bar is oval in cross section and sub rectangular in plan. It measures 14.03mm wide, 6.11mm high and 5.45mm deep. The terminals either side of the attachment bar are oval in cross section and measure 5.92mm wide, 9.67mm high, and 7.98mm deep. The terminals join into a rim around the inner ring, measuring 4.48mm high and 4.14mm deep. The ring is crescentic in plan and measures 7.69mm high at the shoulder, expanding to 22.59mm high at its mid-point. The front of the fitt…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-D44605
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete trade weight, of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date. The object is circular in plan, measuring 31.22mm in diameter. It has one decorated face, with an indistinct design, the reverse face has a circular depression which creates a raised rim. The sides are of variable height ranging from 6.27 mm to 7.61mm. The object has an overall light to mid-grey colour with some areas of cream patina. 
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-D7A66E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, possibly a cap or a ferule, of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date. The object is cup or cap shaped in form. It has a flat top which is broadly circular in plan measuring 17.1mm in diameter. The top features an impressed brown decoration, depicting a bishop’s mitre. The mitre features a design of an elongated cross flanked by two crozier shaped symbols.  The sides of the object are of an uneven length, between 9.3mm and 11.0mm, they slope gently outwards from the top to a diameter of 21.5mm at the base. The walls of the object are 2.6mm thi…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-D7745D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint knife, possibly dating from the Neolithic period c. 4000 – 2351 BC. The knife is incomplete, with a surviving length of 46.67mm, a maximum surviving width of 18.16, a maximum thickness of 4.86 mm. It has been worked with scalar retouch along the left dorsal margin, it has a stepped fracture resulting in the loss of most of the right margin. There is retouch on the remaining left ventral margin towards the knife tip. The flint is brown-grey in colour, unpatinated, and non-cortical.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-D1D308
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead dating from c. 1275-1150 BC. Dimensions: length 418.0mm; maximum width of blade 50.2mm; length of blade (excluding basal loops) 282.0mm; length of socket (including basal loops) 136.0mm; thickness of mid-rib (across centre) 16.9mm; external mouth diameter 24.0mm (side to side) by 24.9mm (front to back); internal mouth diameter 20.4mm (side to side) by 22.7mm (front-to-back); minimum depth of socket 265.0mm; weight 420.7g This is a complete spearhead of bronze, with projecting basal loops. The base of the blade is slightly angled to …
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 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-8F3E4B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman clipped silver siliqua, probably of Honorius (AD 393-423), probably dating to the period 393-402 (Reece Period 21). VIRTVS ROMANORVM reverse type, depicting Roman seated left on cuirass, holding a reversed spear in left hand and Victory in right hand. Unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
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