Record ID: PUBLIC-6E70E3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-end, probably of later 13th to mid 15th century date The strap-end is of sheet metal with a separate forked spacer type and is incomplete, missing one of the sheet plates (with a length of 59.7mm and a weight of 7.7g). The strap-end is widest and thickest near the attachment end (where it has a width of 18.4mm and a thickness of 4.12mm). The sides are straight and converge slightly towards the outside edge (with a width of 16.7mm and a thickness of 3.2mm). The outside edge is concave and is decorated with an open aperture (4.5mm diameter) cutting the edge.…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6E4763
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is of two-part form, comprising a frame and swivelling pendant and is near-complete, missing the suspension mount and one terminal (with a length of 47.7mm and a weight of 11.7g). The suspension mount was hinged through a lug (3.1mm thick 6.0mm wide), which has broken through the central perforation (2.8mm diameter). The quatrefoil frame (with a width of 29.2mm) is open and an arm projecting outwards from between each of the four lobes (giving the pendant a maximum width of 34.0mm). The…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6E14B4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy harness fitting probably of 11th century date The harness mount is fragmentary represented by one broken loop only (with a surviving length of 20.6mm and a weight of 3.9g). The loop would have been of sub-lozenge form with knops on the three corners (giving a maximum width of 28.9mm). The face is convex (giving a maximum thickness of 5.2mm) and an incised border is discernible near the edge. The opening for the strap is rectangular (12.9mm wide) and the underside is hollowed. The fitting has lost the original surface and is now dark brown. The fragmentar…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6DEE31
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter type (Hull's corpus type 151) and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower part of the leg, the chain-loop and the spring (with a surviving length of42.0mm, a surviving depth of 16.1mm and a weight of 12.1g). The brooch employed an open spring mechanism with the axis bar secured by lateral lugs and probably with the chord tensioned beneath. The head is D-shaped (14.3mm wide) with an elaborate head plate (21.9mm long) and integral chain-loop, now damaged. The head-plate comprised perforations with raised borders f…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6DD655
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper or lead-tin alloy buckle of 13th or 14th century date The buckle is near-complete, missing only the pin but is badly corroded and comprises the buckle frame and folded plate (with an overall length of 56.1mm and a weight of 23.1g). The frame is of oval form (26.8mm long) with 'ornate outside edge' and a narrowed offset bar and is irregularly cast and asymmetric. The outside edge is expanded and has corroded side knops, probably imitating a roller. There is a notch for the pin at the centre and the rear of the outside edge is concave (giving the frame a depth of 6.8mm)…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6DBCC5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy looped-fitting probably from a swivel, probably of late 11th to 12th century date The fitting comprises two parts, a lug with integral attachment rivet and an oval loop (with a combined weight of 9.8g). The lug has a circular sectioned attachment rivet (4.3mm diameter and 2.7mm long) at the centre of an oval collar (10.9mm long and 8.7mm wide). The body of the lug is of sub-square section (7.4mm square). The looped end is bevelled to a central ridge. One face and the end were decorated with grooves, now corroded and worn but appears to resemble a clenched ha…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6DA0F3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button of uncertain date, probably medieval or early Post Medieval The button is complete (with an overall depth of 12.1mm and a weight of 14.6g). The head is sub-circular (with a diameter of 28.6mm - 29.6mm and 5mm thick). The face is slightly convex and is decorated with three cast concentric ribs around a central knop. The underside has a comparatively heavy attachment loop (6.8mm thick, 13.7mm long and 6.8mm high) of D-shaped section. The perforation (3.3mm diameter) has been cast by inserting a rod into the mold, which has formed the parallel ribs, or guides running i…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6C9D71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman cast copper alloy contemporary copy of a denarius of Caracalla (AD 198-217), prototype of Mint of Rome and dating to AD 202. Reverse: PART MAX PON TR P V COS, Trophy with two captives. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 222, cf. no. 65
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6C7D02
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy tweezers The tweezers are fragmentary, represented by a part of one arm only (with a surviving length of 51.8mm and a weight of 1.6g) and are made from sheet copper alloy (with a thickness of 0.6mm to 0.9mm). The sides are straight and gradually diverge to the end (with a minimum width at the break of 6.0mm and a maximum width of 8.0mm). The end of the arm is bent inwards (with a depth of 1.6mm). The arm is decorated with an incised border and central column of punched marks. The marks have concave sides and rounded tops. The surface of the copper alloy has a dark-…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6C6CB2
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bracelet, probably of 3rd or 4th century AD date The bracelet is fragmentary and is represented by a little les than half of the original (with a length of 53.5mm, and a weight of 4.8g). The surviving terminal is hooked (with a depth of 5.5mm and a width near the end of 2.5mm). The terminal gradually widens to the band, which has a rectangular section (with a maximum width of 5.8mm and a maximum thickness of 2.0mm). Near the terminal the decoration comprises a series of notches on both sides. Before the break, there is a decorative device composed of a sub- hexagon…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6C4318
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, foot and catch-plate and has a break in the bow (with a surviving length of 53.1mm, a depth of 19.6mm and a weight of 10.5g). The rear of the head is hollowed and there are stubs at the top and bottom, If the stubs were originally joined to form a central perforated lug, then it does not appear to have been joined to the rear of the head. The stub at the apex was probably also employed to help secure a swivelling chain-loop. The trumpet head is of sub-tria…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6B67B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Birdlip variant type and probably of mid to late 1st century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the spring (with a length of 54.4mm, a depth of 18.5mm and a weight of 12.9g). The missing spring was secured around a central, perforated lug at the rear of the head. A slight gap between the base of the head and the lug, suggests that the chord was positioned beneath. The head (18.4mm long including the lug and 13.5mm wide) has elaborate moulded decoration, probably of stylised zoomorphic form. At the rear are two diagona…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6B4F78
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch frame, probably of 13th or 14th century date The frame is circular (with a diameter of 20.7mm and a weight of 2.4g). The frame is of circular section (3.0mm diameter) and is undecorated. There is a recess slot to accommodate the missing pin (with a width of 1.7mm and a diameter of 1.2mm). The surface has a dark brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6B3F75
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bracelet The bracelet is near-complete, with damaged terminals and is distorted (with a diameter of 58 - 65mm and a weight of 9.6g). The hoop is of regular D-shaped section (with a width of 3.4 - 4.0mm and a thickness of 1.9 - 2.8mm). No decoration is discernible on the hoop. The terminals are damaged and both thin at the terminals, with the more damaged terminal also appears to narrow, possibly suggesting a hook; with a loop on the opposite terminal. The bracelet has poor surface preservation with a pale-green corrosion.
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6B2A27
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy pin The pin is incomplete, missing the tip (with a surviving and distorted length of 80.7mm and a weight of 6.6g) and is of the 'Ibex-headed' type. The open head is circular (with an external diameter of 14.1mm, an internal diameter of 9.6mm and a thickness of 3-5mm). The ring is flat on the rear and the interior and convex on the outside face, which is decorated with diagonal grooves, meeting at the apex. Each side of the base is a raised lentoid moulding, with a central groove. At the base is the characteristic raised circular knop (of 3.8mm diameter, which gives…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6B0E06
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy spoon dating to the second or third century AD. The spoon is incomplete, missing the most of the handle (with a surviving length of 69.8mm and a weight of 7.1g). The spoon has an irregular (asymmetric) pear-shaped bowl (with a length of 48.1mm and a maximum width of 32.9mm, a thickness of 0.6mm and a depth of 7mm). The handle is offset, with an elaborate step (11.4mm deep) of flat section (2.1mm thick). The offset step has a curved underside and a decorative wide notch on the upper and bowl sides. The remnant of the handle is of sub-rectangular section (3.5mm thick …
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6AF003
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Divus Claudius II (d. AD 270) radiate, Rome, commemorative issue, c. 270 CONSECRATO, altar RIC 261
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6AA283
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, probably of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is complete (with a length of 19.4mm and a weight of 7.2g). The handle is hexagonally faceted with a loop at the terminal (7.1mm wide, 3.0mm thick and with 2.4mm internal diameter). The surface has a grey-greet patina. The seal die is also hexagonal (with a width of 16.4 - 16.7mm) and the central device depicts a hare or rabbit. The encircling legend is in Lombardic script and the lettering has pronounced serifs, appearing to read: *S O h O V S O h O V Sohou sohou The legend refers to a hunt…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6A4574
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval gold coin Charles II (1660-85) half guinea, London Second bust, 1684
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6A34D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.l. Plate 48. The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 30.7mm, a surviving depth of 13.0mm and a weight of 18.3g). The spring has been lost and the head is damaged. It is now unclear whether the missing spring was secured by a rearward claw at the head, implying a Dolphin type, or by lateral lugs suggesting a Polden Hill type. The corroded wings (with a surviving width of 24.9mm) are stubby and of D-shaped section…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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