Record ID: NMGW-99A8D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.i1, lanceolate motif, flat wing ends type, West Midlands) and 2nd-mid-3rd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a distorted length of 63.3mm and a weight of 17.8g). The spring mechanism is secured within a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings have expanded terminals (with a width of 22.1mm) and are otherwise plain. The sides of the head have a low curved moulding (giving the head a width of 11.9mm). The bow is of D-shaped section with straight sides…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-997096
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper Alloy Coin, House of Valentinian bronze Gloria Romanorum uncertain, 2.070g
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-995541
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper Alloy Coin, Valentinian I bronze Gloris Romanorum Arles OF III . // CON LRBC ii, 487 1.747g
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-994341
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Constans (AD 333-350), dating to the period AD 348-350 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a phoenix, radiate, standing right on globe. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII, p. 154, no. 234. 2.043g
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-9922A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constans (AD 333-350), dating to the period AD 348-350 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a phoenix standing right on a rocky mound. Probably mint of Trier. RIC VIII Trier 226ff. 1.350g
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-9746B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin contemporary copy of a nummus of Diocletian, c. 296-297. Prototype: Genio Populi Romani, Trier B (Gamma)//TR, cf. RIC VI, p. 182, no. 183a. 10.55g, struck counterfeit.
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-970783
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left holding branch and vertical sceptre. London, [B E or S P// MLX]XI. cf.RIC V, pt 2, p. 471, no. 98, 2.247g. This coin has been noted for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-96B191
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), HILAR[ITAS AVG], Hilaritas standing left with branch and cornucopiae. Unattributed Mint. RIC V, pt 2, p. 530, 803 var (803 is cuirassed). 3.490g. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Saturday 2nd April 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-2C83F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper alloy coin, House of Valentinian c.AD364-78. Gloria-Romanorvm. Uncertain emporer and mint (? Siscia or Aquileia)
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-2ADCB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped or Headstud type and 1st or 2nd century date The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 17.1mm and a weight of 10.7g). The hinge of the pin survives and is secured within tubular wings (with an eroded width of 26.4mm). The wings are of D-shaped section with the flat front carrying cast ribbed decoration. The remnants of a chain-loop are present on the head. The bow is of sub-rectangular section near the head (12.3mm x 3.5mm) with a central vertical rib (7.2mm long, 4.1mm wide 1.7mm high). The sides…
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
No spatial data available.

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
No spatial data available.

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
No spatial data available.

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
No spatial data available.

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-DD9436
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, probably of Maximian (AD 286-310), probably dating to AD 290-1 (Reece Period 14), SALVS AVGG, Salus standing right, feeding snake held in arms. Mint of Lyon, Seventh Series. RIC V, pt 2, p. 269, cf. no. 422; Gloucester Hoard (CHRB XIII), p. 107, cf. no. 2042 (23 specimens); Bastien, Le Monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon 285-294, p. 189, cf. no. 410. Worn and pierced. The original record suggested it might have been reused in the Early Mediaeval period.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DC91C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rome, Republic. Denarius issued by Mark Anthony, during campaign 32-31BC. Well worn 3.591g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DC6217
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes I (active 1553-1584). 'Lion of Saint Mark' type inscribed 'SANTVS MARCVS ZV NOS' dating to 1553-1584. Minted at Nuremberg. See Mitchiner (1988, 397-398) nos 1324-1327
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-4B2431
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy zoomorphic figurine, probably a weight in the form of a horse, now damaged and incomplete, represented by the front of the animal (with a surviving length of 32.5mm, a maximum surviving height of 22.1mm and a weight of 20.4g). The legs of the horse survive as short stubs and are projecting forward, suggesting the horse may have been depicted running. The figurine has a maximum width across the shoulders of 10.0mm. The mane is evident along the neck of the horse and the recessed eyes are discernible but all other surface detail has been lost. The find can be closely para…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-490957
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler’s (1960) Type B (or ‘omega’ / Iberian type) and of sub-type B3, probably of c. mid 1st to early 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, but is complete except for the missing pin (with a width of 45mm, a height of 44mm and a weight of 14.2g). The hoop is of quadrangular section (having a width of 6.0mm and a thickness of 4.0mm) with rounded faces, faceted on the interior edge. The terminals are composed of a crescent moulding opposing the hoop with a ‘tear-shaped’ device between the crescent and hoop. The brooch is erode…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A9D678
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped, applied hook type (Hull's Group 7) and probably of mid to late 1st century date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, wing terminals, foot and catch-plate (with a length of 59.3mm and a weight of 19.6g). The missing spring was likely to have been coiled around an axis bar and secured by lugs at the wing terminals (Polden Hill type arrangement) and with the chord secured by the copper alloy sheet at the head. The damaged wings (with a surviving width of 29.5mm) are decorated with vertical ribbing. The rear of the head has a V-shaped cu…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-A97564
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group IV type, damaged weapon with reworked butt (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 99) and probably of later Penard or Wilberton metalworking industries, corresponding to Needham’s (1996) Periods 5-6, possibly dated to c.1200-900BC The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded (with a surviving length of 87.7mm and a weight of 22.5g). The butt has been formed by hammering to thin the end (with a minimum thickness of 1.5mm) and to define a sub-triangular facet, with hammer-marks discernible on both faces. The sides of the butt have been hammered from …
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A96038
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy finger-ring, probably of 2nd or 3rd century date The finger ring is fragmentary, represented by the bezel and hoop fragment (with a surviving height of 16.5mm and a weight of 4.1g). The shoulders have a V-shaped moulding and the hoop is of low-oval section, with straight sides diverging towards the bezel (with a width at the break of 6.8mm, a width at the bezel of 9.2mm and a thickness of 2.8mm). The hoop would originally have had an internal diameter of approximately 18mm. The bezel is oval (15.1 x 12.7mm) and has incised decoration of a figure facing left and hold…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-A91D12
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group II or Group IV with Group II affinities (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 62 - 65), perhaps dating to the Penard metalworking industry (c.1275-1120 BC following Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to the latter part of Needham's (1996) Period 5 (dated to 1500 - 1150BC). The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded, but is otherwise complete (with a length of 159mm and a weight of 38.2g). The butt was trapezoidal (with a maximum surviving width of 45.5mm) without a central rib or notches. The butt appears to have broken through two rivet holes, position…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-8FC227
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy enamelled belt-plate of 2nd to early 3rd century date The belt fitting is fragmentary and is represented by the end of the plate only (with a surviving length of 23.2mm and a weight of 3.7g). The fitting has a projecting circular stud or 'frog' (10.1mm diameter, 2.1mm thick and with a height of 6.7mm above the plate). The outside of the frog was notched but is now eroded. The interior of the frog is enamelled with green enamel containing white squares and swirls, seemingly millefiori. The rod connecting the plate to the stud is of oval section. The buckle-plate was …
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 22nd September 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-8F6AC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter sub-type, of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.1mm and a weight of 3.2g). The head is D-shaped (with a width of 13.7mm and a height of 16.5mm) at its base, with a thinner sub-triangular head-plate above. The head-plate is not perforated and has no surviving evidence of a chain loop. A knurled rib separates the head from the head-plate. The missing spring was secured at the rear of the head between lateral lugs, probably with the chord beneath. The upper bow …
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-8E76D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and Wroxeter sub-type, of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, chain-loop and foot (with a surviving length of 40.7mm and a weight of 8.2g). The head is D-shaped (with a width of 11.4mm and a height of 10.2mm) with the stubs of the broken chain loop above a knurled rib. The spring is secured at the rear of the head between lateral lugs, with the chord beneath. The upper bow is of sub-rectangular section with straight parallel sides (with a width of 6.1mm and a thickness of 3.9mm). The front of the upper bow was dec…
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as '"Near Caerwent"', grid reference and parish protected.

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-7D44F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Theodosius I (AD 379-95), silver siliqua, Rev: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated, //TRPS: Trier, c.379-83. RIC IX, Trier 58b/84a. The coin is either unclipped or lightly clipped.
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-EB6520
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is incomplete and distorted, missing some of the mouth and the side loops (with a distorted length of 60.2mm and a weight of 55.4g containing some sediment). The expanded mouth (with a width of 27.8mm) is damaged and is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (19-22mm wide and 10mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 4 - 6mm above the body and have a length of 11 - 13mm (3 - 5mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 37.6mm and a thickness of 9.6mm. The obverse …
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E8BA22
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is near-complete, missing the side loops and with a distorted mouth (with a length of 55.2mm and a weight of 52.5g). The expanded and distorted mouth (with a width of 22.0mm) is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (21mm wide and 9.9mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 2 – 3mm above the body and have a length of 11mm (3.8mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 38.3mm and a thickness of 11.4mm. The obverse face is convex and is decorated with the scallop…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E6F8E6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy looped swivel of uncertain date, possibly Roman The fitting comprises two parts (with an overall length of 42.0mm and a weight of 20.2g), a looped peg inside a double-hooked frame with socket. The loop is circular (with a diameter of 19.2mm and an internal diameter of 12.4mm) and is of eroded sub-square section. Beneath the loop is a tapering plug, seemingly cast within a circular socket and is held by two strips, which engage with grooves in the plug. Each side of the socket has an integral hook (with a width of 39.3mm and a depth of 21.1mm). There is a decorative groove…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-576054
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Henry, farthing, 1663 BW Devon 28, 0.710g, corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-54B5A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.f, flat wing ends type), of mid 2nd-mid 3rd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.4mm and a weight of 4.3g). The missing spring was secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement with terminal pierced lugs to hold the axis bar and a hook employed to tension the chord. The wings have a width of 17.1mm and have expanded terminals defined by ribs. The sides of the bow at the head have a slight curved moulding (gi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
No spatial data available.

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
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-528B93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of Headstud type and probably of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and one of the wings (with a length of 39.8mm and a weight of 5.4g). The missing spring was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement. The wings have a surviving width of 14.9mm, and would originally have had a width of c. 21mm. Little detail survives on the brooch, a stub on the head may be a remnant from a hook or lug to tension the chord. The upper bow is of sub-triangular section (with a width of 7.5mm and a thickness of 3.7mm) and has straight si…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-51EFD6
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe of Ewart Park metalworking phase, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950 - 750BC. The axe is of uncertain type, probably of faceted type (Type Meldreth (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 204-5) ). The axe is incomplete, missing the mouth and upper body (with a surviving length of 66.1mm and a weight of 77.3g). The body of the axe is slender (with a minimum surviving width at the break of 24.2mm). The sides of the axe are concave and expand at the blade to produce a moderately curved blade. The loop is not present on the incomp…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C38561
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4.l, flat wing ends type), dating to the 80-160 AD The brooch is near complete, missing the pin and catch only, and has a length of 53.7mm and a weight of 10.3g. The spring mechanism is still in place and was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. A claw was employed to tension the chord on the head. The wings have a width of 20.5mm and have expanded circular terminals (8mm diameter), which are angled towards the rear. The sides of the bow have c…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-58EDC3
Object type: FLAKE
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint flake, distal fragment of a cortical flake, made on unpatinated grey flint.
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-563727
Object type: CURRENCY BAR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern copper alloy (probably brass) manilla of probable early 19th century date and of type 'Okpoho' The manilla is in the form of a small penannular arm ring comprising a circular-sectioned oval ring (external dimensions: 60.3mm wide x 57.3mm long,) of standard thickness (8.8mm diameter) and with a weight of 79.2g. The terminals are sub oval-shaped (21.1mm x 18.9mm) with flat undersides. A rounded ridge runs from the ring to the base of the terminal. There is no decoration on the manilla. The surface has patchy preservation with a dark-green patina.
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-561E14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), dating AD 80-120. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only, with a surviving length of 29.3mm and a weight of 8.4g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. A claw was employed to tension the chord on the head. The wings have a width of 20.6mm and have expanded oval terminals (9.1mm x 7.2mm), which are angled towards the rear. The sides of the bow have curved mouldings at the h…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-55C328
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 6.b8, wavy ridge, flat wing ends type) of the Eastern Group, dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD. The brooch is near complete, missing the spring and catch and has a length of 55.3mm and a weight of 21.8g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. No claw or lug to tension the chord is evident on the head. The wings have a width of 30.8mm and are decorated near the terminals two vertical panels containing …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2D78C6
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, c.1150-700 BC. The chisel is fragmentary and eroded, represented by the blade and the remnants of the tang, with a surviving length of 37.2mm and weighs 7.5g. The tang has a surviving length of 15mm and is eroded, but is likely to originally have been of rectangular section with straight sides. The chisel has a maximum thickness at the top of the blade of 5.3mm. No lugs or collar are discernible between the blade and tang. The blade has straight sides diverging towards the blade edge, areas of surviving surface on the sides of the tang an…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2C69D1
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged and collared chisel, c.1150-700 BC. The chisel is likely to have a broken tang and has a surviving length of 53.2mm and weighs 36.6g. The tang has a surviving length of 15.6mm and is of rectangular section, which diverges towards the prominent collar (12 x 9mm at the collar). At the collar the chisel has a width of 19.9mm and a thickness of 12.2mm. The chisel blade thins and narrows below the collar, to a minimum width of 16.4mm. The sides of the blade are concave to produce an expanded blade edge with a surviving width of 35.0mm. The chisel has …
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2C4A02
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze sword fragment of Ewart Park type, belonging to the Ewart Park metalworking Industry, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, c. 950 - 750BC. The sword is fragmentary and comprises the base of the hilt and top of the blade, with a surviving length of 97.2mm and a weight of 81.0g. The upper break is across the hilt with a width of 20.7mm and a thickness of 4.8mm and with no evidence for a rivet slot before the break. The sword has a surviving width across the shoulder of 38.8mm (7.8mm thickness). Two opposing rivet holes survive on the shoulder (one damage…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2BC9D3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle-whorl probably of late medieval to post medieval date The spindle-whorl is of rounded biconical form with a diameter of 18.3mm and a height of 10.2mm. The central perforation has a diameter of 8.5mm and the spindle-whorl weighs 13.0g. No decoration is evident on the whorl, although the surface is eroded. The central ridge has a raised knop, which is likely to be the remnants of the casting. Spindle whorls of biconical form can be difficult to date once removed from their archaeological context and remained similar from the Romano-British period to the early post medieva…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2B27A1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval lead alloy purse bar, c. 15th or 16th century The purse bar is complete with a length of 53.6mm and a weight of 7.1g. The terminals were pointed with a flange before a recess to secure the missing frame. The bars are of sub-rectangular section with attachment plates beneath. The bar widens (to 10.1mm) and thins (to 3.6mm) at the centre to accommodate a perforation (3.0mm diameter), through which the loop would have passed. No decoration is evident on the purse bar. The surface is poorly preserved and has a mid-grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 29th December 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9CB1D2
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy awl of uncertain date, possibly Late Bronze Age The awl is of tanged form and is complete with a distorted tang. The awl has a weight of 17.0g and has a distorted length of 77.6mm, originally having been approximately 98mm long. The tang had an undistorted length of 62mm and is of rectangular section (8.7mm x 5.8mm at the base of the tang) and gradually tapers to a point. There is no collar or moulding between the tang and the point. The point of the awl has a length of 36.2mm and is of circular section (11.1mm diameter at the apex), gradually thinning to the point. The a…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9A89B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Constantius I, nummus. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Possibly mint of Lyon. [ ] A// [ ], 3.849g, corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-8B24C4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy thimble, probably of 15th or early 16th century date The thimble is near-complete with a length of 20.1mm and a weight of 8.0g. The rim is slightly damaged and has a diameter of 20.5mm. The walls have a thickness of 1.8mm. The rim is plain and has no incised border. The thimble has ten rows of hand-punched indentations, which end before the rounded top of the thimble, giving a plain apex of 6.8mm diameter. The thimable has good surface preservation with a pale to mid-green patina.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8AEF15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman as or dupondius of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD 41-250. Uncertain reverse type. Unclear mint. 7.810g corroded and worn
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-8ACD14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Half of a silver denarius of Domitian (AD 81-96) (Reece Period 4) with unclear Minerva type. Mint of Rome. 1.383g fragment.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Sunday 12th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-89FC33
Object type: SPATULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy spatula handle of 2nd to early 3rd century date The spatula handle is near-complete, although the detail is eroded. The handle is of Feugère (1995) Type A5. The handle has a length of 67.2mm, a maximum width across the shoulders of 18.6mm, a maximum thickness of 15.4mm and a weight of 43.4g. The helmet differs from other recorded examples in being three-dimensional with concave sides and a wide central groove at the rear. The helmet widens around the head (15.5mm x 15.4mm). Surface detail on the figure has been lost but the top of the garments are discernible below…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-8809A8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bow brooch of unusual form, probably of Late Hallstatt or early La Téne; Early Iron Age date (c. 700 - 400BC) The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and has a length of 52.2mm and weighs 14.2g. At the rear of the head is a perforation of 2.4mm diameter; the perforation is aligned with the catch-plate and it is possible that the brooch was secured with a separate pin which travelled through the head and was lodged in the catch plate. Each side of the head there are two integral spherical knobs (6.5mm diameter), giving the head a width of 18.1mm. The bow is arch…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-85F182
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper Alloy Coin, House of Valentinian AD364-78. bronze, Gloria Romanorvm type. Uncertain emporer and mint, much abraded.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Sunday 4th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-8487B1
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman military copper alloy horse harness fitting, probably of mid 2nd to 3rd century date The fitting comprises three surviving pieces, and would have had two further strap loops; the surviving components have a combined weight of 35.8g. The central cruciform component (36.6mm wide, 40.9mm long) has three loops composed of curved side arms, each terminating in a loop containing a copper alloy pin, of uncertain function, possibly decorative. The outside edge of the loops have a rounded bar, upon which a copper alloy strap fitting is attached. At the centre of the mount is a domed boss…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-F598A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD The brooch is near complete missing the spring and has a length of 44.7mm and has a weight of 6.9g. The spring mechanism was secured around a singly-pierced lug. The trumpet-head is sub-triangular with a width of 9.0mm and a width of 8.9mm. The head was decorated with converging ribs, positioned either side of the bow. The upper bow is of triangular section with concave sides and has a central decorative rib. There appears to have been diagonal leaf mouldings above the button. The button is eroded, but ap…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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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-F3BD46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of mid-2nd-mid-3rd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the spring, foot and catch-plate, with a surviving length of 44.5mm and a weight of 12.4g. The spring mechanism was secured within a Polden Hill type arrangement and the chord was secured with a claw at the rear of the head. The wings have a width of 25.7mm and have slightly expanded oval terminals, decorated with incised marks. There is a vertical rib immediately inside the terminals. The bow has a width of 10.5mm at the head and the sides of the head are enh…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-5F8270
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Rim sherd from a mortarium in a pale hard fabric with limestone inclusions and quartz grits. The mortarium was shallow and had a foot rin with a rim diameter of apporximately 400mm. The sherd weighs 30.5g.
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-5E1F24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Short Cross Penny 1c, Carlisle, Alain, 1.213g, chipped.
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5D7FC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight of late 17th century date, brass weight for a gold pistole of Louis XIV of France, English Unkown maker (Witrus 1297) 5.98g.
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5D1B57
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Trajan denarius P M Tr P Cos Vi etc; column Rome, RIC 356, 2.847g, corroded.
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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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-4B36B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.i1, flat wing ends type, West Midlands) and of 1st-mid 4th century AD date The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow and has a surviving length of 29.1mm, a depth at the head of 15.4mm and has a weight of 8.5g. The copper alloy spring was secured with a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings have a width of 18.5mm. The terminals are expanded and are angled slightly to the rear. The expand terminal is decorated with an incised vertical line. The bow has a wi…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Saturday 2nd September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-4AF877
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper plano-convex ingot probably of Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industry, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Periods 7 to 8, c. 950 - 500BC The ingot is represented by approximately quarter of the original and has been roughly broken. The ingot would have had a diameter of 110mm and the quarter ingot has a weight of 1,140.2g, indicating an approximate weight of 4,560g for the whole ingot. This would imply a comparatively large ingot. The surface of the metal is corroded and has a pale green patina with areas of red-brown surface.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-49F3A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius of Domitian (AD 81-96), dating to c. AD 88-9 (Reece Period 4), IMP (XVII) COS IIII CENS P P P denarius, Tr P VIII Imp XVII Cos XIII, Minerva standing left with thunderbolt and spear; shield at her side. Mint of Rome. RIC II (2nd ed), p. 311, cf. no. 659. 2.739g, corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Sunday 12th April 2020
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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-B92C74
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is near-complete, missing only a corner of the mouth. The ampulla has a length of 50.9mm and has a weight of 44.2g. The mouth is closed and has a surviving maximum width of 23.9mm. The ampulla has a maximum thickness around the neck of 8.7mm. The neck has straight sides converging towards the body. The loops are rounded and begin at the top of the body and have a length of 12.1mm. One of the loops is distorted against the side. The neck is plain. Both faces are decorated, although the motifs are badly ero…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-B8D218
Object type: BUCKET
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron vessel escutcheon of uncertain date The escutcheon is near-complete and comprises a plate and integral loop, and has an overall surviving length of 101.4mm and weighs 55.0g. The plate gradually thins towards its base (2.5mm – 6.9mm) and has a convex profile suggesting it was attached to curved vessel, such as a cauldron. The plate may originally have had a lozenge shape and a rounded break at the base may suggest an attachment rivet hole. Another sub-square protrusion near the shoulder suggests another attachment rivet. The rivet on the opposing shoulder has been lost. The loo…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-B7CE52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval annular brooch frame, probably of 13th or 14th century date The frame is complete although the surface has been lost. The frame is circular with a diameter of 16.6mm (internal diameter of 11.6mm), a thickness of 1.5mm and weighs 0.7g. The rear of the frame is bevelled and plain. The pin restriction has a width of 2.1mm and the bar has a diameter of 1.7mm. The opposite side of the frame has no notch for the pin. The front of the brooch was decorated with raised delicate ribbing, possibly forming letters to define a legend but now difficult to discern. The brooch frame has poor…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A67EA6
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead of Greenwell and Brewis (1909) Class IV side-looped (socket -looped) type, or Davis' (2012) Type 6C Developed side-looped, probably of Taunton-Penard metalworking phases, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 5, c. 1500 - 1150BC. The spearhead is incomplete and fragmentary, with a combined surviving length of 135.0mm and a combined weight of 39.6g. The lower of the three fragments would have been near the original socket rim and would have had a diameter of approximately 15mm. The sides of the socket are straight and converge towa…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A38CD3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus (maiorina) of Constans (AD 333-350) dating to the period AD 348-350 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting the emperor standing left on a galley, holding a standard and Victory or a phoenix, with Victory steering. Mint of Aquileia. 5.227g.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A38055
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), MONET AVG, Moneta standing left with scales and cornucopiae. C Mint, - // C. RIC V, pt 2, p. 489, no. 287var (MONETA the only legend recorded for C Mint). 3.546g. Another specimen is recorded in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-A2FF20
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Stater attributed to the Durotriges of the South Western region, Cottam's (2010) Hod Hill type (ABC 2175). BM2790ff; Mack 318. 2.008g corroded.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-8E7654
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age Gold Stater, Dobunni stater, ANTEDRICV:BM3023ff; Mack 386, 4.919g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-8E49C2
Object type: LUG (HANDLE)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Attachment lug from a loop handle of a chafing dish and of late Medieval date, c. 15th or 16th century The attachment lug has lost the loop handle, which would have passed through the central perforation. The lug is has an overall length of 16.3mm and weighs 8.6g. The central perforation is oval (8.4mm x 6.4mm) and the sides of the loop are rounded (maximum width 16.0mm), while the outside-end is flat. The loop is of rectangular section (8.9mm thick). The integral attachment rivet is circular with a diameter of 8.6mm.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-8DC6C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4.d, flat wing ends type), dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing only the pin, with a length of 58.6mm and a weight of 12.3g. The iron spring mechanism is secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement (with terminal perforated lugs) and the chord is anchored with a claw. The wings have a width of 22.3mm and were decorated near the terminals with vertical incised lines. The bow has a width of 9.0mm at the head and is of D-shaped section. The sides of the bow a…
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-674C73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-headed, Wroxeter variant Type dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, foot and chain-loop, and has a surviving length of 34.6mm and has a weight of 6.8g. At the rear of the trumpet head has a semi-tubular hinge mechanism and the remnants of an iron axis bar. The trumpet-head is oval (14.1mm x 8.6mm) and has an integral chain loop above the head. The loop is damaged but was on a decorative rectangular panel (8.8mm wide) with horizontal ribbing. The upper bow has straight, near-parallel sides (7.9mm wide) and is of …
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-65B2A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of wheel type and dating to the late 1st- early 2nd century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing an area of the rim and the pin, and has a weight of 7.7g. The brooch has a hinge mechanism with twin lugs, now badly corroded and a copper alloy axis bar. The circular brooch frame has a diameter of 34.4mm. The rim of the brooch projects above the surface (with a thickness of 2.1mm) and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring or felloe is comparatively wide at 7.0mm with a faceted internal panel, forming a low central ridge. The inner edge of the felloe a…
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-EB75F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Republic Denarius, C Piso L F Frugi, Rome, 67 BC. Cr/RRC 408/1b, 2.902g worn
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-EAC9D1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age spear tip of uncertain type and date within the Bronze Age The spear is represented by the tip only, with a surviving length of 52.mm and a weight of 19.4g. The spearhead broke in antiquity and there is no socket evident on the fragment. The spear has a width of 20.4mm and a thickness of 8.2mm at the break. The spear had a prominent and comparatively wide rounded midrib (12mm wide at the break). The midrib alignment differs between faces, as is evident on the cross-section break. The sides of the spear are comparatively straight or slightly convex along the length of the fra…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EA67F3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age copper flat axe, probably of Type Migdale (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 35-36) or Needham's (forthcoming) Class 2D, and belonging to metalworking stage III, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 2 dated to 2300 - 2050BC. The axe is broken and has lost the butt in antiquity, with a current surviving length of 67.8mm and weighs 195.1g. The axe has a width of 47.7mm and a thickness of 9.6mm at the break and is of sub rectangular section. One of the sides is comparatively straight, while the other side is concave and divergent to produce a moderately expanded…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E96D53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet derivative type: Wroxeter Type, dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing only the spring, pin, catch and chain loop, with a surviving length of 66.9mm and a weight of 15.4g. The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs, only one of which survives but would have had a width of 11.3mm. The surviving lug is encrusted on the exterior with iron corrosion, suggesting the spring employed an iron axis bar. The delicate chain loop sat upon a rectangular panel containing a rectangular recessed panel, enhanced with oblique i…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E927F3
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze cast-flanged axe of uncertain type, possibly a long-flanged axe of Type Balbirnie (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 70-72) , likely to be of Late Willerby or early Acton Park metalworking phase, corresponding to the earlier part of Needham's (1996) Period 4 (1700 - 1500 BC), perhaps dating to 1700 - 1600 BC. The axehead is complete but has eroded considerably, and has an overall length of 122.7mm and a weight of 289.4g. The butt is straight and has a width of 23.0mm. The flanges begin from the septum, 11mm from the butt. The flanges are irregular, probably because…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E7EC47
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Victorinus radiate, Virtus Aug, r. Mint I, much corroded.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-D7F6B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elizabeth I sixpence, A 1584, London, 2.450g clipped; worn.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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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-D79451
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of wheel type and dating to the late 1st to 2nd century AD The brooch is complete and has a weight of 7.8g. The brooch has a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar, evidenced by iron corrosion over the lugs. The circular brooch frame has a diameter of 34.3mm. The rim of the brooch projects above the surface and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring or felloe is comparatively wide at 6.8mm with two concave panels, forming a central ridge. The inner edge of the felloe has a smaller raised rim. The brooch has four arms of sub- rectangular se…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D73AD4
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze unlooped palstave (Early Palstave Group II) of unusual form and probably of Early Midribbed type and of uncertain subtype, possibly of Type Liswerry (Schmidt & Burgess; 1981, p 125-127). The palstave belongs to the Acton Park metalworking phase of the Middle Bronze Age, corresponding to the earlier part of Needham's (1996) Period 5, dated to 1500 - 1150BC. The palstave is complete and is comparatively short with a length of only 119.3mm and a weight of 301.2g. The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 22.8mm. The sides are straight and parallel as far…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D5E546
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Final Early Bronze Age bronze cast-flanged axe (Early Short-flanged axe) of Type Kirtomy (Schmidt & Burgess; 1981, p 82-83) , of Acton Park metalworking and corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 4 dated to 1700 - 1500BC. The axe is complete with an overall length of 136.4mm and has a weight of 380.3g. The butt is slightly convex and has a width of 24.5. The sides are straight and parallel as far as the blade. The axe may be seen as comparatively slender with a width of 27mm. The flanges are of sub-lozenge form and are highest near the start of the blade (45mm from the butt), with a…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D5C848
Object type: PLATE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Near-complete, small portion of rim missing. Fillet on top, horizontal rim before shoulder. Base convex with central dimple, surrounded by two concave concentric rings. Comparatively well-preserved. Remnants of dish above still adhering to top of plate (reported with associated fragments, which may be the fragmentary plate above. Moulded rib on reverse 155mm diameter. Some remnants of another dish adhering to the base. Diameter 380mm Diameter to shoulder 320mm Weight 2779.3g
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-D5A7C1
Object type: PLATE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Near-complete, small area missing around the rim. Fillet on top, triangular in section. Profile distorted, flat, shallow – 20-40mm. Underside plain. No visible markings Diameter 370mm Inner ring 155mm Weight 2076.0g
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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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-54F4C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Worn plated contemporary copy of a denarius of Augustus, prototype from an Italian mint: Victory on prow/quadriga cf.RIC 2nd ed.264, 2.357g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-C51803
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of Southern English ribbed type, Class B (Type Welby) and of Ewart Park metalworking tradition, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, c. 950 - 750BC. The axe-head is complete, with an overall length of 105.4mm and a weight of 344.0g. The mouth of the axe is sub-rectangular, with internal dimensions of 31.1mm (depth) by 25.9mm (width). The sub-triangular socket has a depth of 75.4mm. No casting stubs are evident on the mouth but there are broken areas above each face, where the casting stubs may have been removed. Below the mouth (6.2mm bene…
Created on: Thursday 15th 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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