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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Silver gilt devotional cruciform pendant with large suspension loop. The cross arms end in rounded knops. The flattened central area is engraved with Hebrew on both sides. One side reads : AGLA, an acronym for the Hebrew phrase Atha Gebri Leilan Adonai meaning 'Thou art mighty for ever, O Lord'. The other side is engraved with a cross-potent, and the letters AWDN in the inter-arm spaces (probably alpha, omega; what looks like an O is probably a reversed D, followed by 'N' for Dominus Noster.
Site Name: Penhow, Newport County Borough
Notes: Found with a metal detector at a depth of 6" on cultivated crop land, no other evidence of any other archaeology found.