Record ID: LVPL-7648BE
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy rowell spur dating to the post medieval (c.AD 1600-1750) The remains of the spur is comprised of the rear half of each arm, the neck and rowel box with terminals are still surviving but the rowel itself is missing along with the side terminals. The arms are D-shape in cross-section and are at their widest point at the neck of the rowel box and gradually taper towards the missing terminals. The neck is sub-rectangular in shape and is split through middle to accommodate the box terminals on either side. The terminals are placed perpendicular to the box. The ob…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-D97664
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy posy ring dating from c. 1600 to 1700 AD. The hoop is broadly circular in plan (it is slightly bent out of shape) and is shallow D-shaped in cross-section. There is a central vertical seam which stands proud of the rings surface. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: I LIVE IN LOVE, in Roman uppercase lettering. The terminal of the letter I splits into two curving serifs. There is no maker’s mark. The ring has corrosion to its surface rendering it a dark reddish brown colour. There are no visible remains of silvering or gilding.
Created on: Saturday 3rd February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 4th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-5611B4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete enamelled copper alloy harness fitting (toggle or cheek-piece) of late Iron Age to early Roman date, broadly 1st century AD, but probably more specifically to around the Roman campaigning period in Wales (47-78AD), broadly c. 60-80AD (Davis and Gwilt 2008, pg.164). The toggle is complete with the exception of minor damage to its terminals and enamel inlays. The toggle has a length of 117.2mm comprising a central perforated section tapering at each end into two circular sectioned arms, which in turn expand to the circular sectioned flat-ended terminals. The central section i…
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: WMID-194210
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sub-rectangular buckle of Post-Medieval date, circa AD 1720-1790. The buckle frame is sub-rectangular in plan with rounded corners. The separate drilled spindle, chape and pin are missing. Both faces are undecorated. The buckle curves upwards in the centre. It measures 32.6 mm in length, 28.8 mm wide and 3.7 mm thick. It weighs 2.9 g. The buckle has a mid green colour surface patina. Abrasion in the plough soil has resulted in the loss of detail. Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead (1996: p.104). These types of r…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-CDE50B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy flat axe of undeterminable type, dating from c. 2200 to 1800 BC. The axe is incomplete due to surface loss. It has a surviving length of 76.79mm. The blade end is crescentric in shape, it has a surviving blade width of 44.79mm.  From the blade, the body of the axe narrows in shape, and terminates in a rounded butt. The axe is broadly lenticular when viewed in profile, although heavy corrosion has altered its shape. The axe has a heavily textured surface caused by corrosion; it is copper-green in colour with areas of reddish brown…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-7E7AC9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy trumpet brooch of Roman date (c.75-175). Mackreth (2011:85) No 5212, type 1.3a2. The Brooch has a rounded head, on the reverse is which is where the pin would have been attached, all that remains of this is a sub rectangular projection. The curved bow projects downwards from the rounded head and has three raised bands, the largest of which being the central band. Below the lowest band there is a break. The brooch has developed a green patina. Dimensions: Length 25.7mm, Width 12.7mm, Weight 7.61g.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-3D3E45
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy suspension loop from an early post medieval purse bar, 33.3mm in length, comprising a sub-triangular loop and a trapezoidal block with flattened oval cross section. The attachment shaft to the bar has broken away.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-3D0081
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet metal cruciform hooked mount of probable post medieval to early modern date, possibly from a book cover, casket or piece of furniture. The object has three pointed trefoil arms, each with a central hole for a rivet; the tip of the right-hand arm has broken across the rivet hole. The shaft of the cross is in the form of a long strip, 7.8mm wide, with a hole for the rivet in the middle at the top and the terminal bent into an s-shaped hook with a pointed tip. In the centre of the object is a small engraved device of a disc comprising six concentric circles.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-97B82D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn copper alloy halfpenny "Conder" token issued in Lanarkshire / Glasgow and dated 1791. Obverse: City coat of arms consisting of a tree in full leaf, with a bird on it, a bell hanging from it, and a salmon half way up it, LET GLASGOW FLOURISH·. Reverse: Recumbent river god leaning on overturned pitcher representing the source of the Clyde, date in exergue, NUNQUAM ARESCERE / MDCCXCI.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: WMID-8490C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and fragmented Medieval coin, of unknown ruler. Quatrefoil at the centre of long cross. York Mint. 
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-841C8D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and extremely worn and corroded Roman copper alloy sestertius, dupondius or as of an uncertain 1st or 2nd century ruler. Uncertain reverse type or mint.
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-8391AE
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and incomplete copper alloy spur of later post medieval date. The rowel box is 12.2mm wide and slightly curved in side profile. The slot for the rowel is partially infilled by rusted iron and indicates that the rowel was small, with a maximum diameter around 20mm. The spur arms have a lenticular cross section and both are incomplete. 
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: WMID-8311D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman radiate of Probus (AD 276-282), dating to the period c.AD 276-282 (Reece period 14). SOLI INVICTO reverse type depicting Sol radiate in a spread quadriga, right arm raised, left hand holding whip. Mint of Serdica. cf. Gloucester no. 1598; RIC V.2 no. 864.
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B2FA88
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy vessel handle dating to the Modern period AD1800 to 1900. The object is D shaped in cross section and rectangular in plan. It is made up of a curved, bent bar, at each terminal end there is a cast round section within which is a hole of diameter 4.8mm, which is likely to have served as the fixing point for the handle. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. The upper surface is docorated with two lines which run parallel to the longest edges within which is a beaded decoration. The handle is circa 240mm long, 8.56mm wide and 4.13m…
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-36C667
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An oval copper alloy military name plate for a P J Morris (born 1898) of the South Wales Borderers regiment circa 1914-1920. The badge has a single fixing hole at the top and has been stamped with a service number, name and regimental identifier: 3905436 / P Morris / S W B. Possibly a bed plate or identification plate from a personal locker or trunk.
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
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Record ID: WREX-17F6D6
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy purse bar (Williams Class J) c. 1440-1600AD. The surviving fragment is one arm of the bar with an integral spherical terminal.  The arm has an oval cross section and terminates in an expanded globular knop with a circumferential ridge with a slot across the outer face.  Williams (2018, 8) notes that this may have been intended to represent a bell.   Measurements: Length: 14.4mm; diameter of shaft: 4.2mm; diameter of head: 11.4mm; weight: 7.11g
Created on: Friday 14th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: WREX-17DA56
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy vessel drop handle of Medieval (c. 1300-1500AD) date. The handle is rectangular, with L-shaped sides and is sub-rectangular in section.  At the centre of the handle is a almost oval swelling flanked by two raised bands. Where the handle turns at right-angles there is a projecting globular knop. A further right-angle turn terminates in an oval shaped terminal in the form of a stylised animal head with a flattened snout.  On either side of the handle is a separately cast copper-alloy attachment loop, which would have original have been used to at…
Created on: Friday 14th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-964C87
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dagger pommel, possibly from a rondel / roundel dagger. The pommel is circular, 34.8mm in diameter, with an oval cross section. It has eight radiating lobes separated by shorter paired ridges forming a starburst pattern. The centre of the pommel has a square hole (c. 7.5mm wide) at the centre for the end of the tang. On the handle side this is visible as a mass of rusted iron from the now missing tang; on the outside the hole is covered by a small hemispherical end cap moulded with radiating lines which match and meet those of the pommel. This cap,which is an unusua…
Created on: Monday 26th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-45C84D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy zoomorphic swing handle bucket fitting / escutcheon dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c.100 BC-AD 100).  The object is comprised of a stylised bovine head situated on a sub-triangular plate. The bovine itself is sub-triangular with a narrow, round pointed snout and a pair or forward facing horns and hollowed eyes. Above the eyes is a moulded delineating the break between the fce and top of the head and horns. Small incised lines radiate from this border to perhaps indicate fur. The integral plate produces a sub-triangular fl…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-4575A8
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object, likely an element from a beaded torc dating to the Iron Age (c.100 BC-AD 200). The object is cylindrical with a bulbous centre that presents a pair of incised grooves at either end. From each side of the centre projects a slightly waisted arm before terminating in a worn rounded knob. Each knob end presents a worn sub-rectangular projection. The object has a worn light brown / light green patina. Dimensions: Length 30.9mm; width 11.8mm; weight 11.45g The object is comparable to elements of beaded torcs, for similar examples see: SOM-370A52;&nb…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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