Record ID: CORN-826D9B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy hooked strap end with complete hook but missing the opposite end where the rivet holes would have been to attach the hook to an item of clothing. The upper face of the tag is inlaid silver wire that has been fired into the green enamel which has since slightly worn away leaving the wire to sit proud of the surface. The wire is scrolled into opposing ends in an 'S' shape and there appears to be the impression of another 'S' above it where the wire is now missing at the broken end. Below the enamelled section, the tag tapers towards the hook which is divided by t…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2021
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Record ID: CORN-3FFDCA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-26), dating from AD 321-3 (Reece Period 16), BEAT TRANQLITAS reverse type depicting a globe on an altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines with three stars above. Mint of London. [?] // PLON. RIC VII, p.114, cf. no. 275; Cloke and Toone, The London Mint, p. 268, cf. no. 9.05.025.
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
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Record ID: CORN-DAA524
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine II (AD 317-340), dating to c. AD 320-1 (Reece Period 16), BEATA TRANQVILLITAS or BEAT TRANQVILLITAS reverse type depicting an altar, inscribed with VOTIS XX, with a globe on top and three stars above. Mint of London, ? // PLON. RIC Vol.VII, pp.111 and 112, cf. nos.216 and 236
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
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Record ID: CORN-824FC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to AD 321 (Reece Period 16), BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS reverse type depicting globe set on altar inscribed with VOT/IS/XX with edge of one star above, Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 191, no. 305
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
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Record ID: CORN-C166DE
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast gilded silver mount in the form of a hollow, four-sided pyramid. The pyramid has a square base with an integral flat bar, running transversely across the base. Each face is decorated with a punched motif comprising a triangle of three annulets, and the edges between each face with a line of paired dots. Most of the gilding survives on the upper face, and some corrosion product has accumulated in the hollow back of the mount.
Created on: Monday 27th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buckland Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-6CD4C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Scottish silver cut farthing of Alexander III of Scotland (1249-1286), First coinage (c.1250-1280), Long cross and stars type, Type III (uncertain sub type), left facing bust (Spink S5043). Moneyer Ion Corin (Also known as Cokin). Mint: Perth This cut farthing was found in the same hole as a cut farthing of a voided long cross penny of Henry III, dating from 1248-1250, recorded in CORN-6D64E7.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2020
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Record ID: CORN-88C1B3
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner with a spool-neck, sub-Group A. It is simple in form, with an elongated leaf-shaped blade culminating in a forked point. The suspension loop sits at a right-angle to the plane of the blade and is pierced with a small, circular hole at the apex that is 2 m in diameter. The blade is flat in section with a plain undecorated back and a decorated face consisting of a circular wheel motif surrounding a punched dot on the widest part of the blade, an undulating decorative border around the edges of the blade and an engraved line leading up the blade from …
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2017
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
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Record ID: CORN-22E4F8
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base fragment of a large cast copper alloy bell which has broken along the slit between two circular holes, producing a 'dumbbell' shape in plan, with half of one of those holes still extant. Above the slit is an incised linear border and part of the semi-circular 'sun', around the maker's initial 'R' with an annulet on either side, with linear rays emanating from it, decorating part of this half of the sphere. Each ray consists of two or three parallel incised lines, which may have curved into a rounded terminal, but these are now missing. There would have been a metal ball clapper w…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2020
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Record ID: CORN-1D6428
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold half noble of Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage (1351-1377), Pre-Treaty period (1351-1361), Series G, Cross 3 initial mark (1356-1361), Spink 1494.
Created on: Saturday 14th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-0A979E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Roman Republican legionary denarius of Mark Antony, dating from 32 to 31 BC, Reece period 1, obverse depicts a praetorian galley rowing left, LEG X (belonging to the 10th Legion) reverse type depicting a legionary eagle flanked by two standards, travelling mint. Cf. RRC p.540, no.544/24
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-428F78
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Henry V (1413-1422), probably Class C, York mint. A third of the coin is missing having broken off. The obverse bears a crowned head facing with a bifoliate crown and a mullet to the left of the crown. The inscription is [hENRIC DI] GRA [REX ANG]. The reverse has a long cross with three pellets in each quadrant and a quatrefoil in the centre. The inscription would have read CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI, but only the last four letters remain.
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2F3BFD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver halfgroat of James I (1603-25), Second coinage (1604-1619), mint mark rose (1605-1606). Spink 2659.
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-40565E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Faustina II, struck under Antoninus Pius (AD 145-61), Reece period 7, AVGVSTI PII FIL S C reverse type depicting Concordia draped, standing left, with right hand extended holding patera, cornucopia in left arm, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol. IV, p.383, pl.53, fig.1, no.2198
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4394EB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy farthing trade token, very worn. The obverse has a shield with a coat of arms, possibly the tree and three wells denoting the City of Wells in Somerset. The token was found in the same area in Dorset as CORN-435F92, another trade token from Wells. The reverse bears what looks like the letters C W in the centre of the field, possibly under a crown but the edge of the token and its legends are missing. A similar item on the database is dated 1657 (SOM-5477BO) with the same initials and the same token with the crowned letters C W is listed after it in Williamson (196…
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-435F92
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century farthing trade token issued by the City of Wells in Somerset. The token is very worn but it is possible to see on the obverse a shield with a tree and three rectangular shapes representing the three wells on the city's coat of arms. The reverse is very worn but should show an elaborate crown above the letters C [W] for City of Wells. A very similar item on the database is dated 1657 (SOM-5477BO) with the same initials and the same token with the crowned letters C W is listed after it in Williamson (1967), p.993, nos.300-301.
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2F2FEB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy single-loop buckle, dating from the Medieval period, c.1350-1500. The buckle frame is trapezoidal in shape with some engraved transverse oblique grooves on the outer edge which acted as a pin rest but the pointed end of the pin is missing. What remains of the pin is wrapped around the axis bar, which would have tapered towards the opposite bar. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on p.30, no.170, which is dated from c.1350-1500.
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2F2542
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped rectangular buckle, Post-medieval in date, c.1570-1700. The fragment consists of a single rectangular loop with a central bar, the second loop is missing along with the pin, and the break is next to the strap bar which is narrowed and recessed. The frame is has a squared-off inner edge and a curved outer edge with a D-shaped section. It is unclear if the rest of the frame would have been a similar rectangular loop or something larger with perhaps a different shape, making it asymmetrical. From what remains of the buckle we can compare it t…
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2F17A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle frame dating from the Post-medieval period, c.1500-1650. The buckle frame would have originally had two oval loops, but only one survives with the broken edges of the other loop showing a D-shaped section with a bevelled underside and straight internal edge. The upper face of the surviving loop has moulded foliate decoration but is now quite corroded so that the detail is unclear. The central bar is flush with the frame and is more circular in section and the pin is also missing. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar spectacle buckle with fol…
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2EE6AE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating from the Post-medieval period, c.1500-1650. This buckle has a distorted frame and narrowed strap bar. The buckle has moulded fanned knops at either end of the strap bar. A loop is missing, and part of the iron pin is present but it now a lump of iron corrosion product. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar distorted buckle frame with fanned knops on p.54, fig.306, which is dated from c.1500-1650.
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2ED5DA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete tinned cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame dating from he Post-Medieval period, c.1600-1720. The frame is sub-rectangular with concave longer sides and convex short sides. It has a flat back and a bevelled inner edge and curved outer edge. The center of the side loops have a swelling on the inner edge. The strap bar is recessed and narrowed and the frame at either end has a pair of transverse grooves giving the buckle an appearance of having a separate spindle. The pin is missing and there is no groove on the outer edges for a pin rest. There are tiny patches of tinn…
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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