Record ID: NMGW-420B9E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus coin of Constantine I (r. 306-337AD), issued c. 318-319AD. Mint of Trier. VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse type. As RIC VII Treveri 209 Obverse: Bust of Constantine I, laureate, helmeted, cuirassed, right Obverse Legend: IMP CONSTAN-TI[NVS MAX AVG] Reverse: Two Victories, winged, draped, standing facing each other, holding a shield inscribed VOT/PR supported by an altar Reverse Legend: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP Mint Mark: -/-//STR Die Axis: 12 Diameter: 18mm Weight: 2.71g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-4211CF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy As coin of Nerva (r. 96-98AD), issued c. Jan-Sep 97AD. Mint of Rome. Aequitas reverse type. As RIC II Nerva 77. Obverse: Head of Nerva, laureate, right Obverse Legend: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P Reverse: Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left Reverse Legend: AEQUITAS AVGVST SC Die Axis: 7 Diameter: 27.4mm Weight: 7.58g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-422179
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn probable copper alloy nummus (AE1) coin of an uncertain emperor, probably Diocletian or Constantine I, issued c. 294-313AD. Uncertain mint. Likely GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type. Obverse: Bust right, probably cuirassed and laureate Obverse Legend: Obliterated Reverse: Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand Reverse Legend: [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI] Mint Mark: Obliterated Die Axis: 6 Diameter: 27.2mm Weight: 6.17g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-424AB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut short cross halfpenny of Henry III (r. 1216-1272AD) issued 1222-1236AD. Issued by Roger or Roger of R at Canterbury. Probably Class 7b, as North 979. Obverse: Crowned bust facing Obverse Legend: [hEN]RICVS R/EX Reverse: Short cross with quatrefoil in each quadrant Reverse Legend: ROGER […] Die Axis: 4 Diameter: 17.2mm Weight: 0.51g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-108822
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman silver siliqua of Julian (AD 360-363), dating to the period AD 361-363 (Reece period 18). Coin has two fractures and one possible cut, and has lost >1/3rd of its original size. Reverse type: VOT / X / MVLT / XX in wreath with Eagle within medallion. Mint of Arles. RIC VIII. p. 228. no. 309. Maximum surviving diameter: 14.7mm Weight: 1.17g
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-7ECFB8
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy ring of uncertain date, possibly a Late Bronze Age dress-fastener The ring is near-complete, with minimal peripheral damage to one of the terminals (with an overall height of 47.8mm and a weight of 99.1g). The terminals are joined but there is a fracture between the two sides (giving the object an overall width of 76.9mm). The terminals are circular but are irregular (with a diameter of 40mm) and are angled upwards towards the midpoint. The underside of the terminals have a crescent-shaped bevel on the outer edges, elsewhere the underside is concave and appears unfinished …
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-69C9A1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description An incomplete bronze anthropomorphic mount of possible late Iron Age to Roman date. The mount is probably complete with the exception of the rivet lug and minor surface loss. The object comprises an integrally cast bronze mount in the form of a human head depicted face on. The mount is half round, with an 8.4mm long circular sectioned pointed attachment spike projecting from the centre of the hollow reverse. An incomplete 4.5mm long, 7.1mm wide, and 2.2mm thick perforated plate projects down from the lowest point of the head. This attachment plate is broken across the lik…
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-CAA19E
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy fragment, possibly an Iron Age terret fragment of 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD date. The cast fragment is curved and broken at both ends (with a surviving length of 28.9mm and a weight of 10.9g). One part is narrower and less finished, possibly the terret bar. The bar is of oval sectioned, expanding slightly towards the terminal (5.3mm - 6.8mm wide x 4.3mm - 6.2mm thick and with a surviving length of 9.2mm) and has little curvature. The terminal is of D-shaped section (12.1mm wide and 10.8mm thick) and is well worn but has the suggestion of a central groove. The ring …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-2E8BF2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy heraldic pendant of Medieval date, probably of 13th or 14th century. The pendant is shield shaped and is 35.7mm high, with an overall length (including the swivel loop) of 47.2mm. The pendant has traces of red enamel surviving between ten raised roundels. Traces of gilding survive over the roundels and the frame (Gules bezanty). The roundels are arranged in four rows, with four roundels on the top row, three on the second, two on the third and a single roundel at the bottom. The heraldic device may be connected to the La Zouche family who employed various combinations of r…
Created on: Monday 28th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-81ED01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet derivative, Wroxeter Type (Hull’s Type 151) and dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch is near-complete; missing the chain loop and the pin has become detached. The brooch has a surviving height of 73.1mm and a depth of 27mm. The spring gear is housed between lateral lugs with an iron axis bar and the chord positioned below. At the rear of the head plate is a single incised line beneath the damaged chain loop. The Head has a circular base, projecting beneath the bow. The sides of the head are straight and converge slightly, with a width of 1…
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-974707
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably of Headstud variant Type, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head with spring and upper bow and has a surviving height of 25mm (33.3mm including the damaged chain loop). The spring was secured by a Polden Hill arrangement (rather than the usual central lug for the type). The chord is fastened by a pierced lug positioned at the rear of the chain loop. The chain loop is integral and comprises a broken loop above rectangular lug. Typically for the type, the wings are short at 20.3mm and deep. The …
Created on: Friday 10th June 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-07BBF2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring of uncertain age. The ring has been formed by carefully twisting together two strands of copper alloy wire (2mm diameter). The ring has an internal diameter of 3.7mm and an external diameter of 21mm. The ring has a healthy mid green patina and weighs 3.6g. It is possible the ring may be a finger ring of Roman date. While similar twisted wire 'earrings' and bracelets are known from the Roman period, the author is not aware of finger rings of the form
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2005
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-E250E6
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Socket fragment from a Middle Bronze Age side-looped spearhead, possibly falling with the Taunton-Penard metalworking phases (c.1400-1100 BC). The spearhead is represented by the socket only and none of the blade survives, making a typological classification difficult. The socket tapers gradually to the break. The two side loops (c. 19. x 6 mm) are low and flat with a roughly lozenge-shaped plate. Casting seams are clear on both sides below the loops, and have been neatly finished by filing. The striations from the filing survive around the loops. The base of the spearhead is slightly …
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-4C20B4
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age bronze spearhead fragment of uncertain type and probably from a socketed spearhead of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 750 BC The spearhead is represented by a tip fragment with a surviving length of 44.2mm and a weight of 14.9g. The fragment has a maximum surviving width and thickness at the break of 17.0mm and 9.1mm respectively. The spearhead has a prominent rounded midrib (6.9mm wide and 1.9mm high at the break) which narrows towards the tip. The better preserved side has blade facets with a width of 2.5mm. Deep striations along the blade facets may be the resul…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F0CC42
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy and enamel button and loop fastener of Roman date (c. 2nd-3rd century AD). The object is broken where the shank forks to form the loop but is otherwise complete. The head is flat and circular, measuring 15.2mm diameter and 2.8mm thick. The front of the head is decorated with champleve enamel set in cells within a central raised 13mm diameter circular area, surrounded by a flat 1.4mm thick rim bearing possible traces of degraded enamel. The reverse of the head is flat with a 3.8mm thick, 3.7mm wide sub-rectangular shank projecting perpendicular to the h…
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F0F211
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pair of mathematical or surveyors’ dividers dating to the Post Medieval period, likely 17th-18th centuries. The globular 12.1mm wide, 11.9mm deep head of the dividers forms the hinge fulcrum, below the head the trapezoidal sectioned arms descend 20mm before they curve out and back down to form a circular aperture in the dividers. Below the expanded section there are curled lip mouldings on the arms as they taper to a point. The dividers have a rough brown patina with small sections of green patinated original surface. Similar dividers have been recorded on the PAS d…
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-9D93F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Hod Hill type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and foot (with a surviving length of 32.6mm, a depth of 7.9mm and a weight of 2.3g). The hinged spring was secured within a rolled head (10.2mm wide). The upper bow has straight parallel sides (6.5mm wide) and is decorated with a central rib (giving a thickness of 1.9mm), flanked by shallow grooves. There were no side lugs on the bow. The upper bow is separated from the leg by double horizontal ribs (with a width of 9.9mm). The leg has straight convergent sides towards th…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-CC82B0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 17th century halfpenny token. The token is inscribed *EDWARD·BEVAN· on the obverse, ·OF·MONMOVTH around the edge of the reverse and HIS HALF PENY in three lines in the centre of the reverse with EBE clockwise in a triangle from bottom left. This halfpenny was therefore issued by Edward Bevan, a tallow chandler in Monmouth, portrayed on the obverse as a man dipping two candles. It is undated, but is from the 1660's.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-46CA91
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Earliest Iron Age bronze socketed chisel The chisel is fragmentary, represented by the lower part of the socket and top of the blade (with a surviving length of 38.2mm and a weight (including sediment) of 10.0g) and with both breaks occurring some time ago, probably in antiquity. The socket is sub-circular at the break (11.4mm x 13.2mm) and there are no clear attachment holes at the break. The socket sides are gradually convergent to the top of the blade (with a diameter of 7.6mm x 8.7mm and with a thickness of 1.3mm). There is no evidence for the casting seams on the socket. The base…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EAA410
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze blade fragment from an axe of indeterminate type, probably of Early or Middle Bronze Age date The axe is fragmentary, represented by the blade end only and has broken across its width in addition to its length (with a surviving width of 51.1mm, a surviving length of 31.5mm, a maximum surviving thickness of 10.7mm and a weight of 73.0g). The break occurred in antiquity and there is no socket base evident on the sub-rectangular body section. The surviving side fragment is convex, widening to the blade tip, now truncated but indicating an expanded blade edge. The origin…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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