Record ID: CORN-26179A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Trajan (AD 98-117), Reece period 5, S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S / C reverse type depicting standing central figure with legs together creating solid base like Spes in BMC Vol.III, p.171, pl.29, fig.7, no.810.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th May 2021
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Record ID: CORN-261346
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman Republican 'legionary' denarius of Mark Antony, dating to the period c.32-31 BC (Reece period 1). Obverse: ANT AVG above galley; III.VIR.R.P.C. below. Reverse: LEG / IIII on either side of an aquila (Legionary eagle) flanked by two standards. Possibly for Legio IV ('Legio Quarta Macedonica'). Travelling Mint. Cf. RRC no.554/16.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-5BA832
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a two-part stone mould for metal casting, probably dating from the Romano-British period. It is sub-rectangular in plan, trapezoidal in profile and plano-convex in cross section. It is 112.5 mm in length, 93.5 mm in width, 62.5 mm maximum thickness tapering to 31 mm and 960.5 g in weight. The upper surface has been ground to produce an ovoid recess which is 72 mm long, 54 mm wide and 30 mm deep. There is a narrow channel cut into the upper surface between the edge of the ovoid and the upper (wider) margin 3.55 mm wide and 2 mm deep, which was used to allow the air to esca…
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Sunday 16th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-CAA036
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast enamelled copper-alloy Roman Head stud hinged brooch dating from the late 1st century to the late 2nd century AD. The base of a loop remains at the head of the bow between the wings which survive as square front plates that have recessed cells which still hold enamel in the left wing. Behind the wing plates there is a narrow tube in which the missing axis bar would have rotated. The hinge and pin of the brooch are also missing. At the head of the brooch is a raised disc or 'head stud', 6 mm in diameter, which is decorated with a moulded cruciform design. Below the head stud the…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
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Record ID: CORN-9B1AF2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman finger ring with a flat oval bezel and the beginnings of the the hoop which is mostly missing beyond the bezel and is D-shaped in section and in profile. The bezel is moulded with the raised Roman numerals XIII, within a round border, which may represent the Thirteenth Twin Legion or the Legio tertia decima Geminia, a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of Julius Caesar's key units in Gaul and in the civil war, and was the legion with which he famously crossed the Rubicon on January 10, 49 BC. The legion appears to have still been in existe…
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9A5808
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sestertius of Lucilla (AD 164-169), Reece period 8, DIANA LVCIFERA S C reverse type depicting Diana, draped, standing right, holding in both hands transverse torch, pointing upwards to right. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol.IV, p.569, pl.76, fig.14, no.1144
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9A528B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and damaged copper-alloy barbarous radiate of Postumus (AD 260-269), Reece period 14, dating from AD 275-285, possibly VICTORIA AVG reverse type depicting Victory running left, holding wreath in right hand and kicking bound and seated captive with right foot. Cf. Cunetio 2888:3.
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9A4EB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy dupondius or as probably of Hadrian (AD 117-138), Reece period 6, possibly reverse type with galley with mast and bellying sail above prow and acrostolium at stern as can see two curved features mirroring each other on reverse. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol.III, p.461, pl.86, fig.8, no.1462A
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9A4B8A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Reece period 7, dating from AD 139, DACIA S C // COS II reverse type depicting Dacia, wearing a short tunic and cloak flowing behind, standing left, holding crown, in three layers, on right hand and resting left on quiver and bow resting on ground right. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol.IV, p.189, pl.26, fig.12, no.1187
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9A14D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of Magnentius or Decentius (AD 350-353) Reece period 18, with reverse depicting the Chi-rho symbol with the letters A (alpha) and ω (omega) the left and right within the cross arms, but with the legends and the reverse mint letters missing. Cf. RIC Vol.VIII, p.123, pl.1, no.34 or p.163, pl.3, no.319
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-99ED89
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sestertius of Commodus (AD 175-192), Reece period 9, dating from AD 183-184, P M T R P VIIII IM P VI COS P P S C reverse type depicting Felicitas, draped, standing front, head left, holding caduceus in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol.IV, p.791, pl.105, fig.2, no.528
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-99E913
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy as of Vespasian (AD 69-79), Reece period 4, possibly FIDES PVBLICA S C reverse type depicting hands clasped over a poppy and two corn ears, mint of Rome. Cf. RIC Vol.II, Part 1, p.86, pl.31, no.402
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-99CCFD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sestertius of Faustina II (AD 161-176) Reece period 8, VENVS VICTRIX S C reverse type depicting Venus draped, standing front, head left holding victory in extended right hand and resting left on shield. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol. IV, p.538, no.965, pl.73, fig.13
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-A6A545
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman dupondius or as (c.AD 41-250) with laureate head facing right on the obverse and standing central figure on reverse but too corroded and incomplete to say any more.
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Record ID: CORN-A69B60
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman sestertius dating from the 2nd century as it appears to have parallel sides suggesting it was made from a strip of brass, but too worn and corroded to make out any details.
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Record ID: CORN-A646F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy sestertius of Faustina II (AD 147-175), dating from the period c. AD 161-175 (Reece period 8), IVNONI REGINAE S C reverse type depicting Juno standing left holding patera in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left, peacock at feet to left. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV p.533, pl.73, fig.4, no.919
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Record ID: CORN-A6319F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating from AD 140-144 (Reece Period 7). PAX AVG S C reverse type depicting Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. Cf. RIC III, p.109, no.616; BMC IV, p.203, pl.29, fig.6, no.1265.
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-8EF846
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dupondius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Reece period 7, PIETATI AVG COS IIII S C reverse type (c.AD 158-159) depicting Pietas, draped standing front head left holding globe in extended raised right hand and child on left arm and to the left a small draped girl raising her right hand, but child to right missing, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol.IV, p.354, pl.50, fig.6, no.2072
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-F05C14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), Reece period 8, COS III S C reverse type (c.AD 170-171) depicting seated figure of Jupiter, left, naked to waist, holding thunderbolt almost upright on right knee in right hand and vertical sceptre in left hand, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV, p.616, pl.81, fig.13, no.1384
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D6B7ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Polden Hill type brooch, dating from the late 1st to the late 2nd century AD. The brooch is 22.5 mm in length, 13.5 mm in width, 5 mm in thickness, 10 mm in height and 3.65 g in weight. It consists of an integral circular loop with an aperture of 2 mm in diameter, set above and at right angles to the cross bar or wings which are incomplete and have a curved concave back to hold the spring, now missing, along with the pin. The loop would have held the external chord from the spring mechanism. The wings are separated from the head of the bow by a stepp…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D6ADCD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of the Antonine period (c.AD 138-192), mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D6A84E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy sestertius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), Reece period 6, possibly FELICITAS AVG S C reverse type depicting Felicitas draped, standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol.III, p.467, pl. 87, fig.4. no.1494
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-45E75A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 307-361), Reece period 17, dating from AD 330-335, GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers each holding a spear and a shield with two standards between them. This type of reverse is dated from AD 330-335 by Reece and James (1986) on p.35, no.97.
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 9th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2C60A9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman radiate of Victorinus (AD 269-271) or Tetricus I (AD 271-274), Reece period 13, but most of the original surface of the reverse is missing so it cannot be identified.
Created on: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2C4DD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Valens (AD 364-378), Reece period 19, dating from c.AD 364-375, SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath held up in right hand and palm in left.
Created on: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 15th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2C449A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Valentinian (AD 364-378), Reece period 19, SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath held up in right hand and palm in left.
Created on: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Last updated: Sunday 17th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2C40E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 307-361) dating from c.AD 307-318, Reece period 15, probably PRINCIPIA IVVENTVTIS reverse type depciting Mars naked apart from helmet and boots, advancing right holding transverse spear. Possibly one of the sons as there appears to be NOB C at the end of the obverse legend.
Created on: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-1F8703
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman finger ring with a hoop that is D-shaped in section and in profile, with a flat sub-rectangular bezel. The bezel is decorated with a raised figure of Mars, helmeted, with a spear in his right hand and resting on a shield to the right with his left hand, all within a raised oval border. The bezel is 13 mm long and 7.3 mm wide and 1 mm thick. The ring is 20.4 mm in diameter and 19 mm in height and the hoop is 3 mm thick and 6 mm wide at the shoulder. The finger ring weighs 2.55 g. The finger ring likely belongs to Henig's (1974) Type III with a flat bezel and D-s…
Created on: Saturday 12th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4C1FE5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), Reece period 8, TR POT XIX IMP II COS III S C reverse type (c.AD 164-165) depicting Mars helmeted in military dress standing front, head right, holding vertical spear in right hand and resting left hand on oval shield set on ground, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV, p.581, pl.78, fig.10, no.1231
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4BDFBA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dupondius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), Reece period 8, TR POT XIX IMP III COS III S C reverse type, dating from AD 164-165, depicting Providentia draped, standing front, head left, holding a wand in her right hand over a globe on ground to the left and a vertical sceptre in her left hand, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV, p.584, pl.78, fig.14, no.1252 Found close to a sestertius of Marcus Aurelius of the same date recorded in CORN-4C1FE5.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-689F03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, Reece period 17, dating from c.AD 330-335. VRBS ROMA type with reverse depicting she-wolf left suckling twins with two stars above on either side of a letter which is illegible and the mint letters in exergue are also missing so that cannot be determined.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-54A637
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy large Roman wheel brooch in three pieces with a central boss, 10 mm in diameter, at the hub and smaller bosses, 4 mm in diameter, on each spoke of the wheel, where the spokes meet the rim. Four out of the six spokes survive, with one attached to part of the rim as a fragment. The hinge and copper alloy pin, which is 60 mm long and 3 mm in diameter, survive on the back of the brooch and a fragment of the catchplate, 14 mm long and 18 mm wide and 5 mm thick, which has a circular perforation that is 2.2 mm in diameter and 4 mm deep. Roman wheel brooches ar…
Created on: Thursday 15th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-C10994
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hoard of ten base silver Roman radiates. The coins range in date from c. AD 260 to AD 283. The bulk of the coins are from the period of the breakaway Gallic empire, which is typical for a British hoard of this date. A fragment of what appears to be a very abraded knobbed bracelet (probably Iron Age) was received with the hoard but it not thought to be related to it. Addenda to the St Levan III hoard CORN-37F578 Summary Central empire: Gallienus (AD 260-268) 1 Carus, AD 282-3 1 Gallic empire: Victorinus, AD 269-71 1 Tetricus I, AD 271-4 3 Tet…
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9DA819
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn fragment of the bow of a cast copper-alloy Roman T-shaped brooch, dating from the 1st to the 2nd century AD. It is elliptical in plan, wider at the top than at the bottom, and plano-convex in profile and section; 27 mm in length, 11.5 mm maximum width, 6 mm in thickness and 6.7 g in weight. The cross bar, head, part of the bow, foot, catchplate and pin are all missing and the broken ends are rounded and worn. The wider, upper section of the bow fragment is decorated with two raised, horizontal transverse bands, each about 4 mm in width, with a space between which, although corrod…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-8B4E34
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Reece period 7, IMPERATOR II BRITAN S / C reverse type with Britannia helmeted seated left on the rocks holding out her right hand and leaning her left arm on an oval shield with a spike. The coin is very worn but the letters COS III are clear at the end of the obverse legend, dating the coin from AD 140-144. Cf. BMC Vol.IV, p.264, pl.39, fig.10, no.1640
Created on: Sunday 30th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-8B409F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver Roman radiate of Gallienus, sole reign (AD 260-268), Reece Period 13, Sixth Series, LIBERO•P•CONS AVG reverse type depicting a Tigress advancing left with a B in exergue. Mint of Rome. As Cunetio no.1341; RIC Vol.V, Part 1, no.230; Normanby pl.9 no.306.
Created on: Sunday 30th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-A53357
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy barbarous radiate, probably of Tetricus I (AD 271-274), Reece period 14, produced after his reign c.AD 275-285, which looks like an attempt on the SALVS AVG reverse type depicting Salus feeding a snake in her arms, with the drapery arching downwards and the snake upwards on the right beside the skirt, or possibly the PAX AVG reverse type holding a vertical sceptre in the left hand with arm arching upwards and drapery arching downwards, as Cunetio 2987.
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
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Record ID: CORN-A52DB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constans (AD 333-350), Reece period 17, GLORIA EXERCITVS // SARL reverse type depicting two helmeted soldiers facing, heads turned towards each other; each holds an inverted spear and rests on a shield; a standard between them with G on standard, mint of Arles, AD 341-342. Cf. RIC VIII, p.206, no.58
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D09CC1
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hoard of 30 Roman copper-alloy sestertii, dupondii or asses, mostly in poor condition, but including some better examples of sestertii of Lucilla (AD 164-169). From report to coroner (E. Ghey): The coins submitted for consideration consist of a group of copper alloy coins which are mainly of the copper alloy denominations known as the sestertius and its fractions, the dupondius and as. The coins are mostly worn and not fully legible and it is difficult to be certain of the denomination of most of the coins due to loss of surface and edges, though a number appear thick enough to be wor…
Created on: Tuesday 28th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sithney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-51245B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a cast copper alloy chased and then enamelled vessel which was found with Roman pottery and charcoal and seeds which have yet to be analysed, but no apparent cremated bone. The vessel is decorated, at its widest diameter where there is a broken edge, with interarcing circles, 20 mm in diameter, that surround a double fleurs de lis pattern, as a mirror image, where the arms form scrolls that meet the arms of next pair so that form inner circles that are slightly oblong in shape, 13 mm long by 16 mm wide. The background to the pattern of fleurs de lis are a row of peltas on thei…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-02F005
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to the period c.AD 139 (Reece period 7). PARTHIA COS II, S C reverse type depicting Parthia, wearing short tunic and cloak, standing left holding crown on right hand and resting left on quiver and bow set on ground. Mint of Rome. As RIC III, p. 105, no. 586. Cf. BMC Vol IV, p.190, pl.27, fig.1, no.1191
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: CORN-02EC7C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Lucilla (AD 164-169), Reece period 8, IVNO REGINA S C reverse type depicting Juno, veiled, draped standing front, head left, holding patera in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left; at feet left a peacock standing left, head turned back right. Cf. BMC IV, p.570, pl.76, fig.15, no.1152
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-B00112
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy as, possibly of Domitian (AD 81-86), Reece preiod 4, with a small laureate head on the obverse and a standing figure facing right on the reverse holding a vertical spear in the right hand, so perhaps VIRTVTI AVGVSTI S C reverse type depicting Virtus standing right with a spear in right hand and parazonium in left. Cf. RIC II, Part 1, p.302, pl.151, nos.550-551
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: CORN-8449BC
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dropped-bar skirted terret ring. Only the base of the integral ovate terret ring survives at a length of 22 mm, which is circular in section and 6 mm in diameter, and when complete would have been used as a rein guard. The terret ring is mounted onto an ovate skirt, 37 mm long and 17.5 mm wide and 2 mm thick, which is domed and convex in profile with a raised border. Extending from the hollow base of the skirt is an integrally cast strap loop that is oval in profile, 33 mm long, and circular in section, 4 mm in diameter. Skirted terrets are an imported …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2019
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Record ID: CORN-7B1D85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete silvered cast copper alloy Cornish Type 31 Aesica-variant brooch dating from the Roman period. The brooch is missing the terminals of the wings and of the side arms of the cruciform bow, as well as the pin and the curved hook of the catchplate on the back of the fantail foot, but most of the wings and the cruciform bow, still with its three bossed rivets, 4 mm in diameter, intact at the head, the centre of the cross and the base arm of the cross, survive. The tubular wings still hold the copper alloy axial bar, which can be seen in section at the end of wings where they hav…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Saturday 2nd February 2019
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Record ID: CORN-525230
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman initial, hinged T-shaped, South-western derivative brooch. The crossbar is mainly missing with just short sections of the tubular wings extending to a maximum of 8 mm from the head of the bow at the front of the brooch, with the back open to show where the spindle was once held and an empty cavity for the hinge and pin mechanism which is also missing. The bow is C-shaped in section with a hollow cavity at the back which extends almost to where the bow is broken. The head of the bow has a flattened section between the wings, and below that is quite co…
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
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Record ID: CORN-270BB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constans (AD 333-350), Reece period 17, dating from AD 347-348, VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN reverse type depicting two Victories facing each other, each with a wreath held up in their hand and palm. Leaf over TRP in exergue so mint of Trier. Cf. RIC VIII, p.151, pl.2, no.185
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-270AD7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy radiate, dating from c.AD 260-296, but too worn and incomplete to identify.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-2709C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius, late 1st to early 2nd century, c. AD 81-138, from the shape (David Holman pers comm) possibly of Trajan (AD 98-117) Reece period 5, from the shape of the head and position of the eye and nose. The reverse has a standing central figure with S / C to the left and right, but most of the detail is missing due to corrosion and wear.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-2707E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman Dolphin or Polden Hill type brooch dating from the 1st century AD. The fragment consists of the foot of the bow, which is 29 mm long and 3 mm wide, and the catchplate behind it. The catchplate is triangular in profile, 13 mm wide and 2 mm thick expanding to 4 mm thick where the lip extends to hook the missing pin. There are two curvilinear areas of openwork with an angled bar separating them within the triangle of the catchplate. The catchplate resembles two illustrated by Bayley and Butcher (2004) on pp.90-91, figs.70 & 72, nos.206 & 213 from a h…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
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Record ID: CORN-95CF15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman Polden Hill type brooch, which would have had two parts and is now missing its spring mechanism and pin. Between the two wings, at the head of the brooch, are the remains of the loop or hook and the chord that extended from the spring. The front of the wings are intact but form part of the cylindrical crossbar where the spring would have been housed, between the two closed ends which secured the axial rod. The wings are decorated on each side with three raised ribs, that are 1 mm thick, alternating with transverse vertical grooves, that are 2 mm t…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-95C342
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sestertius of Faustina II (AD 147-175), Reece period 8, but dating from AD 176-180, after her death during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, CONSECRATIO S C reverse type depicting Faustina II, draped, with veil floating in semicircle behind head, holding transverse sceptre in right hand, seated left, borne aloft by peacock soaring right, with wings spread. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol.IV, p.653, no.1570; RIC Vol.III, p.349, no.1702
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Sunday 9th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-3DA319
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sestertius, possibly of Faustina II (AD 147-175), Reece period 7 or 8, with a female bust facing right with a short face and chignon at back of the head on the obverse and a standing central figure on the reverse but the coin is too corroded to make out any more detail or the legends.
Created on: Sunday 2nd December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-3D9900
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sestertius possibly of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), Reece period 8, with curly hair at back of head facing right on obverse and standing central figure on reverse but too corroded to make out any more detail or the legends.
Created on: Sunday 2nd December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-3D6FFB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman Republican denarius, issued by Marcus Vargunteius c.130 BC, ROMA reverse type depicting Jupiter in quadriga, right, holding thunderbolt and reins in left hand and branch in right hand. Mint of Rome. Cf. Crawford (RRC) 257/1; BMC Republic Vol.1, p.163, no.1068; BMC Republic Vol.III, pl.XXIX, fig.1 (c.102 BC so wrong date). The coin has been more recently pierced for suspension as a pendant so it is being considered as potential Treasure, and there is corrosion product within the hole. REPORT TO CORONER FOR BM ref.: 2018 T961; PAS ID: CORN-3D6FFB This report will co…
Created on: Sunday 2nd December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-22F9C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy radiate of Victorinus (AD 269-271), Reece period 13, INVICTVS reverse type depicting Sol running left with right hand raised and holding whip in left hand; cloak flies out behind shaped like Sol 3c, with star to left, mint of Cologne. Cf. Cunetio p.149, pl.31, no.2545; RIC Vol.V (ii) p.396, pl.XIV, fig.13, no.114 (David Holman pers comm)
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-2262B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy barbarous radiate of Tetricus I (AD 271-274), Reece period 13, uncertain reverse type depicting a standing figure composed of vertical lines. Cf. Cunetio p.164, pl.38, no.3022:1 for similarly blundered reverse
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-21EA63
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy barbarous radiate of Tetricus I (AD 271-274), Reece period 13, SPES AVG reverse type depicting Spes walking left holding flower in right hand and skirt in left. Cf. RIC Vol.V, Part II, p.411, as no.130 (David Holman pers comm)
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-710F07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of House of Theodosius (AD 378-402), dating from the period AD 378-387 (Reece period 20). REPARATIO REIPVB reverse type depicting Emperor standing facing head left with right hand raising a kneeling turreted woman. Mint mark missing. Cf. RIC Vol.IX, p.284, pl.XIV, fig.13, no.42
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-E862EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch with blue enamelled inlay. The trumpet-shaped head triangulates slightly to an apex beyond a recessed squared-off edge. There is no evidence of a headplate, but a vertical wire head-loop projects from the back across a hollow circular section to the other edge of the head which would have held the spring mechanism and pin, both now missing. The head of the brooch where the patina survives is plain. The decoration below the head on the bow comprises lozenge-shaped recessed cells, with some fragments of blue enamel still within them. Bes…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-102E30
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch with blue, red and yellow enamelled inlay. The trumpet-shaped head triangulates slightly to an apex, where there is no evidence of a headplate, but a vertical wire head-loop projects from the back across a hollow circular section to the other edge of the head which would have held the spring mechanism and pin, both now missing. The decoration on the bow is mirrored along the central axis and comprises a lozenge-shaped recessed cell at the apex, with some yellow enamel still within it, above two sets of outward facing C-shaped cells fil…
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-0FCA2A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with possibly the base of a broken headloop at the top of the head and only one of the two tubular wings surviving, still holding the copper alloy spindle intact.The remains of the hinge and pin are corroded into a lump of iron oxide that now fills the upper half of the hollow back of the bow and the base of the catch plate remains at the back of the foot. The bow is raised in the centre with a rectangular just below the head, which tapers to the same degree as the bow as it extends towards the missing foot. Within this raised …
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-0FB0D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Reece period 7, COS IIII S C reverse type depicting Salus standing left feeding out of patera in right hand a snake coiled around an altar with a rudder in her left hand set onto a globe at her feet. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV, p.269, pl.40, figs.1 (obverse) & 6 (reverse), no.1660, which is dated from AD 145-161.
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-0F97A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman radiate (c.AD 260-296) but too worn and corroded to make out which emperor.
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-0F73DC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman radiate (c.AD 260-296) but too worn and corroded to make out which emperor.
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-F1B692
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Reece period 7, IMPERATOR II S / C // BRITAN reverse type depicting Britannia seated left on globe holding standard in right hand and resting left elbow on round shield. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV, p.264, pl.39, fig.10, no.1640 which is dated to AD 143-144
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: CORN-F1B3C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman hinged Colchester-derivative brooch. The flat-headed bow is sub-triangular in plan and crescentic in section, with a hollow back; it is 11 mm wide at its head, tapering to 5.5 mm at its broken end before it extends to the foot. The head is decorated by a transverse groove 3.5 mm from the edge of the hinge cavity between the two wings. The wings are 6 mm in diameter and are strengthened by a central iron rod which is visible at the two broken ends where both terminals are missing. The more complete wing is decorated with three pairs of parallel, in…
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2022
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Record ID: CORN-7603A7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin hoard of 76 coins dating from 49 BC-AD 209. The coins submitted for consideration consist of a group of 2 silver and 74 copper alloy coins, 73 of which are mainly of the large-sized copper alloy denomination known as the sestertius with a few smaller asses and dupondii. The coins are much worn and some have lost edge and surface, with only a corroded core remaining. For this reason it is difficult to be certain of the denomination of the smaller coins, although the thickness of some suggests that they were also originally sestertii. These coins are predominantly second cent…
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Erth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-ACECA3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the bowl of a copper-alloy spoon. The fragment is 22.5 mm in length, 21 mm in width, 0.5 mm in thickness and weighs 2.35 g. It consists of approximately two-thirds of the distal end of the bowl of a spoon, which has been torn leaving no trace of its attachment to the stem. The fragment is corroded on both faces with pitting to the inner, concave face. One edge still retains its original curve, despite slight damage, but the opposite edge is more damaged. Originally the bowl would have been an elongated tear shape. Although fragmentary, the bowl closely resembles three Ro…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-031A54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117), Reece period 5, S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI reverse type depicting Genius, naked, except for cloak round waist, standing left, holding out patera in right hand and cornucopia in left. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol III, p.60, pl.13, fig.2, no.205, c.AD 103-111
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-389B44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and incomplete copper alloy Roman sestertius of a 2nd-century empress, possibly of Lucilla (AD 164-169) as she appears to have a neat large chignon at the back of her head but not low towards the neck and there is a seated female figure facing left on the reverse, resembling a sestertius recorded in NARC-135FF6, which is referenced as RIC III, no.1776.
Created on: Sunday 15th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CD99F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Constantius II as Caesar (AD 323-37), dating to AD 327-8 (Reece Period 16), PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, Camp gate with two turrets and star above. Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 212, no. 506.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
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Record ID: CORN-CD965B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy of Constantine II (AD 317-340), Reece period 17, dating from AD 330-331, GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers standing facing each other, holding spear in outer hand, inner hand resting on shield set on ground, between them two standards, Trier mint. Cf. RIC VII, p.214, no.520
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CCF5D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Crispus as Caesar (AD 317-326), Reece Period 16, dating from AD 318, SOLI INVICTO COMITI reverse type depicting Sol standing left, chlamys draped over left shoulder, raising right hand and holding globe in left. Mint of London. Cf. RIC VII, p.105, no.143
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CC42AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period c.AD 314 (Reece period 15). SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI reverse type depicting Sol standing left raising right hand and holding globe. Mint of London. As RIC VII, p. 98, no. 17; Cloke and Toone, 2105: pp. 212-213, no. 8.02.25.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd February 2019
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Record ID: CORN-CC3CD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as of Trajan (AD 98-117), Reece Period 5, dating from AD 98-9, TR POT COS II S / C reverse type depicting Pietas, draped and veiled, standing front, head left, right hand raised above burning altar, left hand on breast, with S and C left and right in field. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC III, p.150, pl.25, fig.9, no.724; RIC II, p.273, no.392
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CBC9E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), Reece Period 6, Group B, dating from c.AD 119-121, MONETA AVGVSTI S / C reverse type depicting Moneta draped, standing left, holding scales up in right hand and cornucopiae in left arm, with S and C left and right in field. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC III, p.416, pl.78, fig.14, no.1196
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-16F02B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman dupondius or as (c.AD 41-250) with a head facing right on the obverse and a standing female figure which is slightly left of centre on the reverse, but the coin is too corroded and pitted to make out any detail.
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: CORN-165E39
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman enamelled developed T-shaped hinged brooch. The terminals of both wings in the cross bar have mostly corroded away and a small central recess on top of the head suggests that it may have once had a head tab. Inside the tubular wings are the remains of the iron spindle and between them at the back of the head the copper alloy hinge survives that would have attached to the pin, now missing. The bow tapers down towards the foot which is now lost along with the catchplate. The front of the bow has a recessed central diamond inlaid with red enamel that…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: CORN-93CFB9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester-derivative hinged brooch. Both wings of the crossbar are decorated with five incised, parallel grooves which run around the front half of the circumference of the bar. There is a bulbous terminal at each end that is 6 mm in diameter. The back of the crossbar is corroded on one side exposing the copper alloy spindle within that would have held the hinge. The bow is triangular in plan and semi-circular in section with a recessed hollow at the back, below the aperture where the hinge and pin would have been, now missing. The foot and catch…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-121902
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base silver contemporary copy of a silver Roman denarius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating from the period AD 134-138 (Reece period 6). PIETAS AVG reverse type depicting Pietas draped, seated left on throne, holding patera in extended right hand and sceptre in left. Mint of Rome. Copying Cf. BMC Vol.III, p.327, pl.60, fig.13, no.690; RIC II, p.370, no.260d. The coin appears to be a copy, judging from the lettering, particularly the misshapen O in COS on the obverse and the V of AVG on the reverse, which is of curiously curvy style, and would not happen on a genuine coin (David H…
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: CORN-11F87E
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman seal box, lozenge-shaped in plan with an enamelled lid, a circular hinge which allowed the lid to be raised from the base which extends into the neck and head of a zoomorphic terminal. The upper plate of the lid is decorated with a central diagonal cross of blue enamel which divides four lozenges of red enamel. There appears to be a pattern within each lozenge, but the surface is quite pitted so it is unclear whether these are divided cells for the enamel or just corrosion. The hinge at one end of the box is perpendicular to the lid, and an extension…
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 24th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-069A5C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Dolphin-type hinged brooch with pairs of leaf-like mouldings down each side of the bow. The pin is missing but the iron hinge remains at the centre of the back of the wide cross-bar, and the iron spindle within the tubular wings. The cross-bar is pitted and corroded but some of the decoration can still be seen in the form of three sets of incised circumferential rings alternating with raised bands on each side of the head. There are two incised lines, either side of a moulded zig-zag line, running centrally down the length of the bow from the top of …
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-066F5D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy Roman T-shaped hinged brooch, with the iron spindle held inside the tubular wings, visible from a break in the underside of one of the wings. The hinge is no longer in the notch behind the head of the brooch, which extends to a rectangular recess behind the bow, but this hollow back is filled with iron oxide suggesting that the missing pin was also made of iron. The wings have bulbous terminals defined by a moulded circumferential groove which is more visible on one side. The bow is triangular in plan, slightly expanded towards the wings, and narrowing down towards t…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: CORN-0417DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy Cornish Type 31 aesica-variant brooch dating from the Roman period. Only the curved base of the cruciform bow and the fantail foot of the brooch remain, with part of the catchplate on the back of it, but the cross bar and the rest of the cruciform bossed bow does not survive. The foot is decorated with two opposing recessed scalene triangles, which would have originally been inlaid with enamel, above three recessed roundels which still have some of the green enamel intact within them. One corner of the foot is missing which would have had another recessed…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-CB8DD4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dupondius of Trajan (AD 98-117), Reece period 5, SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS // S C reverse type depicting Trajan standing facing between two trophies. Cf. RIC VOL II, p.292, pl.XI, fig.204, no.676 (c.AD 114-117)
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CB0872
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as of Vespasian (AD 69-79), Reece period 4, S C reverse type depicting eagle standing front on globe with wings outstretched but head missing and also S and C to left and right of wings. Mint of Lugdunum or Lyons. Cf. RIC Vol.II (2nd edition), p.145, pl.64, no.1202, dating to AD 72 See record BERK-8A1BF5 for a similar but complete coin which is dated to AD 72.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CAE476
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman as of Nero (AD 54-68), dating to the period c.AD 64-68 (Reece period 3). S C reverse type depicting Victory flying left holding shield inscribed S P Q R. Unclear mint, possibly Lyon.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C69EB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman coin possibly a sestertius of Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to the period c.AD 114-117 (Reece period 5). Possibly REX PARTHIS DATVS, S C reverse type depicting Trajan seated facing left on platform on right with a prefect, placing a diadem on the head of King Parthamaspates who stands below beside the platform. Parthia kneels to the left in supplication. Mint of Rome. Cf. RIC Vol.II, p.291, pl.XI, fig.194, no.667 See SUR-91AB23 for a similar coin in much better condition.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C5380C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and incomplete silver Roman Republican denarius, probably of the moneyer C. Egnatius Maximus, dating to the period c.75 BC (Reece period 1). Reverse type depicting Distyle temple, two figures within, below [C.EGNATIVS.CN.F], on right [CN.N], control mark on left. Mint of Rome. As RRC, p. 405, no. 391/2.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
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Record ID: CORN-4CFFD8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn silver Roman denarius, probably of late Republican date, c.100-27 BC (Reece period 1). Uncertain reverse type or mint. Both faces of this coin are extremely worn and corroded with the original surface mainly missing so that most details are now illegible.
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-B746E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped, South-western derivative brooch. The left wing of the tubular crossbar has broken off at the end, however the right wing is complete with a bulbous rounded end and circumferential mouldings just inside the expanded knop. The crossbar is 35 mm in length and 7 mm in diameter at its thinnest and 8.5 mm in diameter at the bulbous end. The remnant of the curved bow is 25 mm long, 15 m wide where it is attached to the crossbar and tapers to a the broken edge which is 11 mm wide. The back of the bow is hollow and encrusted with iron corrosi…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-5FF670
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy barbarous radiate of Victorinus (AD 269-271), Reece period 13, SALVS AVG (Salus 1) reverse type depicting Salus standing left with vertical sceptre in her left hand and a patera in her right hand feeding a snake rising from an altar to her right. Cf. Cunetio p.162, pl.37, no.2959.
Created on: Saturday 3rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-DB3022
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy finger ring with an empty circular collet for an intaglio. The hoop is oval in profile and D-shaped in section, tapering from the wide (10 mm wide), slightly bevelled shoulders to the narrower base (4 mm wide) of the hoop. The roughly circular collet on the oval bezel is formed from a raised collar which creates a recess, now empty, which would have contained an intaglio made from glass or a gemstone. The collar of the collet is 9 mm in diameter and 2 mm in height, and the internal diameter of the collet for the stone is 7 mm. The ring likely belongs to Henig's (1974) …
Created on: Sunday 28th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CCE215
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Valens (AD 364-378), dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory walking left holding wreath and palm, OF/[.]//CON* in exergue so mint of Arles, Second Period, c.AD 367-375. Cf. RIC IX, p.66, no.17b
Created on: Saturday 27th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CC83D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306 - 337), Reece Period 15, Group II (May 305 - Autumn 307) Period 2 (after 25th July AD 306), GENIO POP ROM reverse type depicting Genius stood in contrapposto facing left, head towered, loins draped, holding a patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left arm. Mint mark PLN indicating London mint. Cf. RIC VI, p.129, no.89b
Created on: Saturday 27th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-919CFA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine, dating from c.AD 330-335, Reece period 17 with unclear bust facing right on obverse, and GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers either side of two standards.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
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Record ID: CORN-917532
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine, dating from c.AD 330-340, Reece period 17 with helmeted bust facing left on obverse, VRBS ROMA obverse type, and reverse depicting the she wolf suckling twins below.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
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Record ID: CORN-915BC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy barbarous Roman radiate dating from c.AD 275-285, Reece period 14, with radiate bust facing right on obverse and lower part of draped female standing figure on reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
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Record ID: CORN-913A77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy barbarous Roman radiate dating from c.AD 275-285, Reece period 14, with radiate bust facing right on obverse but unclear reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
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