Record ID: NMGW-688D05
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age coin of the Western area or the 'Dobunni'. The coin is a plated silver unit bearing a head on the obverse and a horse facing right on the reverse. The type is the same as the example in Mack's Coinage of Britain (383-4) and that in Allen's The Origins of Coinage in Ancient Britain (I,J).
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-09E481
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy French jetton. Shield of France (Ancient) type inscribed AVE MARIA GRACIA PEn, dating to c. 1364-1422. Mint uncertain. See Mitchiner (1988, 172) no. 433
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2006
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-084055
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman copper alloy strap-end pendant or nail cleaner, probably of late 4th century date The strap end pendant nail-cleaner is complete, with an overall length of 70.46mm. The terminal loop is at right angles to the axis of the blade and has a depth of 6.28mm with a perforation of 2.55mm. The piece is thickest at the attachment end at 3.21mm and has straight sides converging to the shoulders defined by C-shaped mouldings. The sides of the blade are convex producing a maximum width of 9.43mm. The outside end of the blade is bicuspid and resembles a nail cleaner. The front or face o…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-794BF4
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy awl of uncertain date The awl has a length of 61.60mm and is composed of a tang and point. The tang (28.2mm long) is of square to rectangular section and tapers to a point. The point (33.4mm long) is of circular section (5.63mm maximum diameter) with straight sides converging to the point. There is no collar or flange between the tang and point. The awl has generally good surface preservation with a dark brown patina. Abrasion marks are discernible at the top of the point.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-788E23
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A rim sherd from a Roman coarseware mortarium.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-BCC943
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type of the Western Group, c.f. Mackreth 2011, 5.c. Plate 50; Hull T103. The brooch is complete and has a length of 40.82mm. The spring is broken but remains in place coiled (seven times) around a copper alloy axis bar. The spring is held by a Polden Hill arrangement, with a lug securing the chord at the head. The pin has a diameter of 1.80mm. The wings have a width of 18.97mm, with the ends angle to the rear. The wings are decorated with vertical grooves. The bow is of rectangular section (2-3mm thick) and has a width at the head of 10.25m…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2006
Last updated: Friday 26th May 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-1C8EA1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame, probably of mid 14th to 16th century date. The buckle is likely to have been of double oval framed type. The frame has broken with only one of the two loops present and has a surviving length of 17.63mm, width of 21.73mm and weighs 1.6g. The outside edge of the frame has a thickness of 2mm with a flat underside and straight inner-edge. The bar is narrowed and has a diameter of 1.16 – 2.50mm. The frame is likely to have broken on the other side of the bar before the other loop, although it is possible that the frame was of single loop type with cu…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-1C3607
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla, probably of late 14th to early 16th century date. The ampulla has suffered some damage, particularly to the reverse side and has a height of 52.69mm. The neck has straight sides which diverge towards the top with a damaged width of 28.81mm. The loops are missing, but begun at the beginning of the neck and had an external length of 13mm. The obverse face has a floral design comprising four large petals or leaves with central ribs and four more leaves in the interstices. The design on the reverse is harder to discern because of the damage. At the bottom is a hatc…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-09F346
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver radiate of Philip I (AD 244-9), dating to AD 248-9 (Reece Period 12), AETERNITAS AVGG, Elephant walking left, with driver holding goad and sceptre. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 3, p. 75, no. 58.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 4th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-097C90
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel escutcheon and handle, probably of Roman period date. The handle comprises a looped escutcheon attached to the lower part of a handle. The rear or inside of the escutcheon has a rectangular plate (44.54 x 46.6mm) with a trapezoidal knop at the base (14.2mm long and 13.92mm wide). There are three perforations (of 3mm diameter) at the base of the escutcheon, two at the corners and one irregularly placed within the knop. The interior of the escutcheon has a shield-shaped or sub-triangular silvered mark (29.3mm high and 30.5mm wide), presumably as a result of a lost dec…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DED9D2
Object type: SPATULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy wax spatula handle, probably of 2nd to early 3rd century date. The handle is complete, although the iron blade has been lost. The handle has a length of 56.7mm and depicts the bust of the goddess Minerva. Minerva is depicted wearing a crested helmet with a depth at the rim of 17.9mm and a thickness of 10.4mm. There is no decoration on the crest or the helmet, but it is faceted because of filing, with the striations surviving. Hair is depicted beneath the level of the helmet. The face has a thickness of 4mm and has slight features. Minerva has sloping shoulders 12.8m…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2005
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-CD40A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age silver 'unit'. The unit is Western, of the Dobunni tribe and is uninscribed. It is Allen's type B and can be dated to c. 20 BC - c. AD 10.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-CCFF80
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of T-shaped variant type and dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only, with a surviving height of 24.6mm. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured with a Polden Hill lug type arrangement. The chord is tensioned at the head with a prominent triangular lug, with a notched face. The wings are 24.8mm wide and the ends are angled to the rear. The fronts of the wings are decorated with moulded vertical ribbing. The upper bow is curving before the break and is of oval section. The side…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-65B355
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Constantine I (306-337 AD) nummus inscribed MARTI CONSERVATORI and depicting Mars standing facing right. It may have been struck at the London mint and can be dated to c. 313-315 AD.
Created on: Friday 7th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-6592E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman sestertius of the mid-2nd century. It is heavily worn and is therefore otherwise uncertain.
Created on: Friday 7th October 2005
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-3C1B08
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probably irregular medieval copper-alloy English jetton. Agnus dei type depicting a lamb and flag, Berry type 10, Mernick reference 6c.2.2 var., dating to c. 1300-c. 1350. Mint uncertain. See Berry (1974, 63; pl. 4, no. 10) for the general type; Mernick considers it probably unofficial. The reverse has not been documented by Mernick; it is close to his reverse 2, but has different border ornamentation.
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2005
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-DA8A37
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a plated counterfeit siliqua of Valens (364-78), probably based on a piece of Rome (c.f. RIC IX 11b). It is a copy of the VRBS ROMA type siliqua and may have been recognised as a copy at the time and broken. It can be dated to after c.364AD as it was copying a Rome mint issue.
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3CEE62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus (maiorina) of Magnentius or Decentius (AD 350-353), dating to AD 350-353 (Reece Period 18). SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAE(S) reverse type, depicting a chi-rho with alpha and omega on either side. Unclear mint.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-3CB535
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus (maiorina) of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period AD 348-350 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting the emperor in a galley. Mint of Trier.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-825796
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy toggle, probably dating to the late Iron Age, c. 1st century BC to 1st century AD. The toggle or button and loop fastener is incomplete, missing the loop. The head comprises two integral circular discs of 24.9mm width and 12.5mm height (and diameter of disc). The face of each disc is decorated with punched decoration near the edge, possibly intended as pseudo stitch decoration. The discs are 3.1 to 3.6mm thick and have a decorative groove running along their edge. The integral loops begin on the inside of the rear of the discs and are defined by low mouldings forming arcs.…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2016
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