Record ID: NMGW-9D7961
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late Roman copper alloy Grooved Collar, Variant 1 nail-cleaner The nail-cleaner was cast and is near-complete, missing the forked-end (with a distorted surviving length of 61.2mm and a weight of 4.0g). At the top of the shaft is a circular loop (5.6mm diameter loop with 2.8mm diameter perforation) through rectangular sectioned plate (1.4mm thick). The shaft is oval sectioned, converging towards the fork (with a width and thickness at the top of 4.7 and 3.8mm). The loop is in the same plain as the longer axis (width) of the shaft. The top of the shaft is decorated with two panels enh…
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-9C3E75
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from c. 2,500 – 2,000 BC The arrowhead appears complete but may have a damaged barb (with a length of 29.7mm, a width of 23.8mm, a thickness of 4.2mm and a weight of 2.6g). The arrowhead is made on a convex flake with only slight and marginal retouch on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface has been pressure-flaked. The flint is non-cortical and has patinated grey.
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9A40F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, Carausius (in Britain), c.AD 286-93 (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left with branch and vertical sceptre. Unattributed Mint, . Radiate, Rev. PAX AVG, unsigned, RIC V, pt 2, p. 535, cf. 881, 2.99g. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-87FCD4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper Alloy coin, House of Valentinian (c.AD 364-78), bronze, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Soldier and captive, uncertain emperor and mint, 1.51g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-82F933
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy, House of Valentinian, GLORIA ROMANORVM, uncertain emperor and mint, c.364-78
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-82C8C4
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes III (active 1608-1612) dating to 1608-1612. Rose/orb type inscribed GLICK KVMPT VON GOT IST WAR. Minted at Nuremberg. See Mitchiner (1988, 412-413) nos 1405-1407 Around half of the original flan survives, the rest lost to a relatively straight break.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-DEB551
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper Alloy coin (coin 2). Valens (probably) AD364-78, SECVRITAS REPIPVBLICAE .//SCON (=Arles) I.R.B.C. ii, 502.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-DDE236
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy rumbler or croatal bell fragment, probably of 18th century date The bell is represented by the loop and upper bell fragment only (with a surviving height of 209mm, a surviving width of 27.6mm and a weight of 9.7g). The integral loop is rectangular (20.9mm wide x 14.8mm high and 5.7mm thick; internal: 9.5mm wide, 7.8mm high). The sheet bell (with a thickness of 1.3mm) is plain on the surviving portion and is convex. The fragment has a mid-green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-7EE142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval copper-alloy brooch of ansate type, dating from the 8th or 9th century The brooch is incomplete, missing the head (with a surviving length of 29.7 mm and a weight of 3.4 g). The arched bow gives the brooch a depth of 13 mm. The bow is of D-shaped section (2.8 mm thick) with straight parallel sides (7.5 mm wide). The bow is decorated with horizontal ribs, positioned at the apex of the arched bow and at the top of the leg. There is a further slight rib at the foot and there was likely to have been another rib between the head and the arched bow and a corresponding weak…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-532924
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 5.b4, Plate 50, no. 1575. dating from the late 1st to late 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg (with a surviving length of 27.2mm and a weight of 15.2g). The spring is secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings and has 5-6 turns either side of the pin. A lug was employed to tension the chord on the head. The wings have a width of 29.6mm and have expended oval terminals (8…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-F44933
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy French jetton. Standing king under canopy type inscribed DE LATONIS, dating to c. 1326-1380. Mint uncertain. See Mitchiner (1988, 161) no. 398, though this is a variant based on the legends It has small circumferential losses all around.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-48B6E7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Miniature copper alloy axe of Late Bronze Age to Romano-British date (c. 1200 BC -AD 400) and of Robinson's (1988, p61) type 1 or possibly 2. The axe head is complete, with an overall length of 22.1mm and a weight of 4.4g. The butt is sub-rectangular and convex (8.2mm x 4.9mm), at the centre is a small oval depression (3.9mm long, 1.9mm wide, 0.9mm deep) representing the socket of a socketed axe, similar to Late Bronze Age forms. The unlooped side is slightly concave and is rounded across its thickness. The loped side is more concave. The loop begins 4.6mm from the butt and end 9.4…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D7D867
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elizabeth I sixpence, Sword 1582, London, 1.773g clipped; corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-567545
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze knife-dagger with midrib (Gerloff, 1975, p 168) The dagger is incomplete, missing some of the butt, areas of the blade edge and the tip. The dagger has a surviving length of 67.9mm and has a weight of 8.9g. The butt would have had two rivet-holes for hafting; the better preserved rivet hole has a diameter of 3.0mm. The butt has broken through both rivet-holes and the surviving area of the butt is straight and thin with a thickness of 0.5mm. The dagger has a maximum surviving width of 31.4mm. The midrib is widest at the butt (10mm) and gradually narrows with cur…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C4CF26
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy inscribed plate, probably of Roman period date The plate is fragmentary and has a surviving length of 27.5mm surviving height of 20.9mm and a weight of 6.9g. The plate has a thickness of 2.5-2.8mm. The base of the fragment has an original edge, while the other edges are broken. The plate is curved across both its length and height. On the front of the plate is deeply incised lettering and decoration. The letter R is discernible after a ring-and –dot motif. Both appear to be within a double curved border outside of which is a hatched design. The plate has broken along th…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C46CB4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy vessel handle The handle is incomplete and is broken at one end, with a surviving length of 76.2mm and has a weight of 77.0g. The handle is deeply curved and is of lozenge section, with a thickness at the break of 9.1mm and a width of 7.4mm. At the top of the handle are zoomorphic figures, comprising a bird and horse. The seated bird, probably a duck, has a length of 37.0mm, a maximum width of 13.4mm and a height of 21.9mm. The feathers of the bird are depicted with transverse lines, forming chevrons at the rear. The horse is depicted on its back and is only represe…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-C1DD42
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy strap-end, probably of late 14th or 15th century date The strap-end is of hollow-ended type, with a cast front plate and sheet back plate. The sheet back plate has been lost. The strap-end has an overall length of 51.5mm, a maximum width at the attachment edge of 26.3mm and a weight of 13.6g. The strap was secured within a trapezoidal box with converging sides (19.7mm x 18.1mm, internal dimensions) by four copper alloy rivet, two of which remain in-situ. The front of the box was decorated with an inscription in Black Lettering. The inscription is now difficult to r…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C1B167
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy vessel or furniture leg The leg is complete and has a length of 64.3mm and a weight of 15.7g. The top of the leg has an L-shaped bracket (with a length of 11.2mm and a width of 5.3mm) to support a vessel above. Remnants of a white adhesive or solder are discernible on the surfaces of the bracket. The leg is of sub-lozenge section and has an undulating curve to the foot. The front of the leg is enhanced with moulded projections near the top and incised grooves around the mid-section. At the rear of the mid-section is an incomplete loop (7.8mm diameter), the interior …
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8AEB28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Constantinopolis revers - Victory on prow, irregular nummus 9mm diameter AD330+
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8AD7A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Valentinian I AD364-75, bronze, GLORIA ROMANORVM, soldier and captive, //SMAQP = Aquileia LRBC ii 992
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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