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Record ID: NMGW-0CE416
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman Republican denarius of Julius Caesar, dating to the period c.48-47 BC (Reece period 1). CAESAR reverse type depicting a trophy with Gallic shield and carnyx. Mint of Rome. As RRC no. 452/2 Weight: 3.19g, somewhat worn.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Friday 10th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-E718C4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy military buckle of 'Kidney-bean' type with internal scroll and stepped-strap connector of 2nd century AD date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and one of the scroll terminal (with an overall length of 41.5mm and a weight of 12.4g). The outside edge of the frame is of sub-rectangular section (3mm wide and 3.4mm thick) and is re-curved back to the neck (with a maximum width of 33.6mm). The frame continues into the interior of the buckle with a scroll either side of the missing pin. The bar is circular sectioned (1.5mm diameter and 5.7mm long). The nec…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-5AF6CE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is near complete, missing the spring and pin (with a length of 57.8mm, a depth of 24.0mm and a weight of 30.0g). The missing spring was secured around a central, pierced lug with the chord beneath and the rear of the head is concave. The trumpet-head is oval (16.2mm high and 20.4mm wide) with a pin at the apex, probably to retain a swivelling chain-loop, now lost. The upper-bow is of oval section and has cast decoration, symmetrical about a vertical central rib. The mouldings comprise a trump…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Sunday 22nd March 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-8C9517
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The matrix complete and is of circular form (29.7 - 30.3mm diameter and weighting 16.3g). At the apex on the rear is a trapezoidal lug (11.5mm long, 7.3mm deep, 4.7mm thick and giving the matrix an overall depth of 10.2mm), which unusually does not have a perforation. Otherwise, the rear of the matrix is flat and is not decorated. The die has a central device comprising four oval leaves arranged in a cross, between which are elongated oval leaves forming a saltire cross. Around the circumference and between each leaf are eigh…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-61805A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age copper alloy terret probably of 1st century AD date The terret is near-complete but has a distorted hoop (with an overall length of 52.4mm and a weight of 34.0g). The integral bar of the terret has a sub-triangular tang (27.5mm wide, 14.8mm long and 2.7mm - 5.7mm thick), which is gently convex across both its length and width. There is a moulded step on both faces to define the beginnings of the hoop. The hoop is of oval (with a maximum external width of 45.9mm, height of 38.6mm and internal dimensions of 32.3mm x 24.8mm) and is of sub-circular to D-shaped section. The hoo…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-1DE726
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy terret, probably of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The terret is fragmentary, represented by the bar and lower part of the hoop on one side (with a surviving height of 27.5mm, a surviving width of 28.5mm and a weight of 9.0g). The terret has broken across the bar on one side and across the hoop on the other. The hoop was oval sectioned (with a width and thickness at the break of 5.1mm and 4.6mm respectively). The hoop gradually widens as it approaches the bar (producing a maximum width and thickness of 8.2mm and 9.5mm respectively). There is the …
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-708145
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy harness fitting or terret of strap-mounted type of late 1st or 2nd century AD date. The cast terret is of double-looped (strap-mounted) form, is incomplete and eroded, missing the basal loop (with an overall surviving length of 50.2mm and a weight of 24.1g). The hoop is decorated with three knobbed mouldings (giving an overall width of 61.9mm) and are comparatively elaborate. The hoop is oval (with an internal width of 34.0mm and internal height of 26.2mm) and is also oval sectioned near the base, becoming sub-circular and thinning towards the apex (with a maxi…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-5BC47F
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible post medieval lead hooked tag. It is incomplete and distorted, missing the hook, with a surviving length of 21.1mm and a weight of 3.0g. The tag had a rectangular attachment loop at one end, now distorted. At the centre is a circular boss (4.0mm diameter) with cast decoration comprising a raised concentric knurled ring, inside of which are five raised ring-and-dot motifs at the centre. At the base is the stub of the presumed hook, now missing. Iron wire appears to have been contained within the lead and has corroded on to the surface in areas. The tag resembles the form of…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-B48556
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary with only the head and upper bow surviving (with a surviving length of 15.8mm, a surviving depth of 11.9mm and a weight of 7.4g). The brooch has a spring, enclosed within the oval-sectioned wings in an 'open cylinder, common to Langton Down type brooches. The short wings have expanded terminals (with a width of 17.8mm and a diameter of 6.8mm x 8.0mm). At the apex of the bow is a flat rectangular panel, decorated with a saltire cross. The upper bow was of sub-rectangular sec…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-C56619
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud type and 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is distorted and incomplete, missing the foot and with some peripheral damage (with a distorted length of 52.8mm, a distorted depth of 18.0mm and a weight of 19.0g). The brooch originally employed a spring mechanism, secured around a single, central lug around a copper alloy axis bar and with the chord tensioned with a lug at the head. The return of the chord is after four coils on one side and before the end of the wings, while the other complete side is after five coils and at the end of the …
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-37E1DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward I-II (1272-1307-27) farthing, London Equivalent to pennies of classes 10-11 (c. 1301-14) 0.23g
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-395300
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward II (1307-27) penny, London Class 11b3 (c. 1311-14) 1.11g, worn
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-2191FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Crossbow variant type and of 3rd or 4th century date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the pin, most of the foot and the end of one arm (with a surviving length of 64.0mm and a weight of 7.4g). The pin was hinged within sub-circular cylindrical arms formed by rolled sheet copper alloy (with a surviving length of 42.3mm and a diameter of 5.2mm - 6.1mm). The axis bar does not survive and the one surviving knob (9.3mm maximum diameter and 6.9mm long) appears to have been of iron but is no longer ferrous through corrosion. The knob was of uncertain for…
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-63F627
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill / T-shaped type and of 1st -2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and foot (with a surviving length of 36.0mm, a surviving depth of 10.5mm and a weight of 6.6g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs, with the chord tensioned by a hook, in a Polden Hill hook type mechanism. The wings are comparatively short (with a width of 15.5mm and a diameter of 5.4mm) and are corroded but near-complete. The bow is of D-shaped section with straight sides gradually converging to the break. There are curved mouldin…
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-F76BDE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, possibly of Hod Hill, Aucissa or allied forms and probably of 1st century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, missing both the head and leg (with a surviving length of 26.8mm, a surviving depth of 5.5mm and a weight of 1.6g). The bow has broken below the head and comprises three vertical grooves, defined by ribs. The sides are truncated but converge towards the leg (with a maximum surviving width and thickness of 8.5mm and 2.3mm respectively). At the top of the leg are two transverse ribs before narrowing to the break. The beginnings…
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-6300C9
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy knife handle terminal of 17th or 18th century date The terminal is complete (with a length of 13.6mm and a weight of 8.6g) but no other part of the handle or knife is represented. The attachment end is gently convex and has a slot to accommodate the end of the knife tang (1 mm wide and 5mm deep). The sides are straight and divergent towards the apex (giving the terminal a maximum width of 17.4mm). The faces are convex across their widths and are slightly thicker at the base (with a maximum thickness of 6.8mm). The faces are decorated prominent incised cro…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-37D49E
Object type: MIRROR CASE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy cased mirror of late 13th to mid 14th century date The mirror is fragmentary, comprising the incomplete half of the case (with an overall length of 44.5mm and a weight of 6.6g). The case was hinged with double perforated lugs (6.1mm deep, 7.0mm long, 6.7mm wide, 1.0mm - 1.8mm thick and with a perforation diameter of 3.0mm). On the opposite side of the case is a catch, comprising a single lug (4.7mm deep, 6.4mm long and 2.4mm thick) with a notch on its lower edge. The case has a flange (3.6mm deep) around its edge and the flange on the complete side has a …
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 30th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-545401
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy farthing token THOMAS ADAMES A T I /* AT WINDSOR 1652 BW Berks 163 0.54g, corroded
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 13th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-9F36A4
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy saddle pommel of 16th or 17th century date The pommel is near-complete and retains one of the buckle-frames, but is missing one of the attachment lugs (with a length of 67.9 mm and a weight of 100.7g). The pommel is of two-piece construction and remain joined, soldered across its midsection. The domed pommel is hollow and of sub-circular section (with a diameter of 37.1mm, an internal diameter of 31.8mm and is up to 2.8mm thick). The sides are gently convex and near-parallel before its rounded apex. The surviving lug is slightly distorted (giving a widt…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-6A437A
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy saddle pommel of 16th or 17th century date The pommel is near-complete, with damaged attachment lugs (with a length of 69.7mm and a weight of 41.9g) and is of two-piece construction, now separated but would have been soldered across its midsection. The domed pommel is hollow and of oval section (with a diameter of 33.1mm x 31.0mm, an internal diameter of 29.5mm x 27.5mm and is 1-2mm thick). The sides are straight and near-parallel to the undulating base. There was a double attachment hole for rivets near the base and there would have been a lug on each si…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
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