Record ID: NMGW-5BE81F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Stone spindle-whorl of uncertain date, Roman to early Post Medieval, c. 100 - 1700 The spindle-whorl is comparatively regular and circular (of 35.8 - 37.4mm diameter and weighing 27.8g) is made from a fine-grained, micaeous sandstone, now with ground surfaces. The spindle-whorl is of sub-rectangular section (13.9mm thick) with near-flat faces. The perforation is central and is circular (7.4mm diameter) with straight parallel sides. There is no surviving evidence of applied decoration to the surfaces. Margeson (1993, page 184)[1] has suggested that the weight of a spindle who…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-F4742C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), PROVID [AVG], Providentia standin left holding baton and cornucopiae. C Mint, S P//C. 2.72g, corroded. This coin could be an unpublished variety. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-06EC71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.i2. Plate 48. Of late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 23.6mm, a surviving depth 14.4mm and a weight of 7.6g). The brooch has a spring which remains in place, secured between lateral lugs around an iron axis bar and with the missing chord probably tensioned by a hook. The wings (with a width of 20.7mm) are semi-cylindrical, slightly angled to the rear and expanded t…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-087A81
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 5.c. Plate 50. The brooch is complete but has a distorted bow (with a distorted length of 35.0mm, a depth of 16.6mm and a weight of 9.7g). The spring remains in place secured between inward angled lateral lugs (with a width of 24.7mm) around a copper alloy axis bar and with the chord tensioned with a lug at the head. The wings are semi-cylindrical (with a diameter of 6.2mm) and decorated with vertical ribs and grooves. The top of th…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-4380E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped brooch of developed type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and much of the pin (with a surviving length of 32.3mm, a surviving depth of 11.6mm and a weight of 4.9g). The pin is hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 25.2mm and a diameter of 4.2mm), the terminals are enhanced with pairs of vertical grooves, defining an adjacent rib. At the apex is an integral chain-loop on a small platform (with a height of 6.9mm, a width of 6.1mm and an internal diameter of 2.9mm). The upper bow is of sub-rectangular…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-44ABE4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester dervative, Harlow type of 1st century AD date (60-65). Of The West of England Group. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 10.6mm. a surviving depth of 17.6mm and a weight of 6.6g). The missing spring was secured by a central lug with two perforations to accommodate the axis bar and tension the chord. The remnants of both are present in the perforations and both are of copper alloy. The wings (with a width of 24.0mm) are of D-shaped section (6.8mm x 2.7mm) and the terminals are decorated with…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Sunday 12th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-4573AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, probably a radiate of Allectus (AD 293-6). Reverse: Possibly PROVIDENTIA AVG; uncertain mint 3.34g, corroded. This coin is too poorly preserved to be included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-475618
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 307-37), AD 313-315 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: SOLI INVICTO COMITI. Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 168, no. 42. 2.68g, worn
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-5B910B
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Stone rotary quern fragment probably of Roman date The stone is from a rotary quern and is probably a fragmentary upper-stone in coarse-grained sandstone, now of sub-triangular form (with a maximum surviving length of 99.0mm, a maximum surviving width of 91.5mm and a weight of 357.0g). One of the edges is curved and is likely to be the original outer edge of the quern. The stone is of rectangular section and is thickest at the outside edge, which is without a raised lip (with a thickness of 33.1mm compared with a thickness of 30.1mm at the inside). The grinding face has radial gr…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-5C508C
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, West Midlands) type and of late 1st to late 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head, spring and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 30.0mm, a surviving depth of 15.7mm and a weight of 8.9g). The spring remains in place and is of iron, secured between lateral lugs around an iron axis bar and with the chord tensioned by a hook at the head. The squat wings are likely to be a little truncated (with a surviving width of 19.1mm and a maximum diameter of 17mm). No decor…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2017
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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-70BD15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is incomplete missing the spring and pin (with a length of 34.9mm, a depth of 20.3mm and a weight of 4.2g). The missing spring was secured around a pierced lug at the centre of the head. The Trumpet head is sub-triangular (8.7mm wide and 6.3mm high), with a flat border at the sides of the triangular bow. The sides of the upper bow are concave, expanding to the button. The button is worn but appears to be of simple, globular form. The mouldings flanking the button are also worn but appear to …
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-73614B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 5.a4. Plate 50, no. 1585, Lower Severn Valley, and of 1st or 2nd century AD. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.8mm, a surviving depth of 9.7mm and a weight of 4.5g). The missing pin, spring and axis bar were secured between lateral lugs, with the chord tensioned by a lug at the head, now broken robably from the loss of the spring. The wings (with a width of …
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-736ED0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46. Late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete, represented by the head and incomplete bow only (with a surviving length of 43.6mm, a surviving depth of 19.5mm and a weight of 20.8g). The spring is iron and remains in place, secured between lateral lugs around an iron axis bar and with the chord tensioned by a lug at the head. The iron corrosion has masked any details on the fronts of the semi-cylindrical wings (with a width of…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-82F1B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter variant type and 2nd century AD date. The brooch in incomplete, missing the pin, foot and head-plate and with a distorted leg (with a distorted length of 56.3mm, a depth of 22mm and a weight of 17.9g). The missing pin was hinged between semi-tubular lugs on the rear of the head (with a width of 13.7mm). The lugs have considerably adhering iron corrosion, suggesting an iron axis bar and/or pin was employed. At the head is the remains of a truncated head-plate (with a surviving height of 17.2mm) and the remnant of the start of an integral c…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-86621D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and catch and is heavily-corroded (with a length of 52.3mm, a surviving depth of 27.5mm and a weight of 18.0g). The missing pin appears to have been hinged within semi-tubular wings, now lost. The rear of the head has adhering iron corrosion, suggesting an iron pin and/or axis bar. The trumpet head is oval (13.1mm wide and 13.7mm long), with the suggestion of a border flange but now truncated but no evidence for an integral chain-loop on the head. The upper-bo…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-997E4E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type 2.b1, flat wing ends) and of mid-1st-early 2nd century AD. The brooch in incomplete and fragmentary, missing the pin and catch-plate and broken across the top of the bow (with a length of 50mm, a depth of 16mm and a weight of 11.0g). The spring remains in place and is comparatively wide (at 39.5mm), secured around a copper alloy axis bar between lateral lugs, only one of which now survives. The chord is tensioned by a hook at the head. The head is of sheet copper alloy and the fr…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9998A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment probably from a Trumpet or Trumpet derivative brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch fragment is from a swivelling chain loop (with a surviving length of 20.3mm and a weight of 1.7g) and comprises the wire chain loop with attached frontal plate of disc form. The wire (1.2mm diameter) forms a loop at the apex (7.6mm wide) and is wider at the base (with a surviving width of 17.7mm) to accommodate the spring. The chain-loop is held by a rectangular loop (6.4mm long and 2.0mm wide) on the rear of the disc plate. The fitting (with an ov…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-F4C02D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin Gallienus, sole reign (AD 260-8) radiate, Rome DIANAE CONS AVG Standing facing left, //X As Cunetio 1397 2.31g, corroded
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2015
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barbury Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-1A95B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin Tetricus I In Gaul (AD271-4) radiate LAETITIA AVGG Cunetio 2645 2.60g
Created on: Monday 17th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 17th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barbury Castle', grid reference and parish protected.