Record ID: CORN-843648
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount of sub-Urnes style, named after wooden carvings in a church in Urnes, Norway, but too worn and incomplete to be sure of class and type (David Williams pers comm). The openwork section of the mount is circular in plan and plano-convex in profile with twelve uneven circular apertures. The four larger apertures around the outer edge of this section may have been used to rivet or sew the mount to a leather strap. The mount then tapers into a narrower neck that has three raised collars, and expands into a T-shaped terminal which appears to b…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 19th September 2014
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Record ID: CORN-843314
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy rim fragment from a bowl or cooking vessel with an internally bevelled rim that is triangular in profile and flush with the upper edge of the vessel. The body of the vessel curves downwards slightly to suggest a reasonably deep straight-sided bowl or a deep straight-sided everted rim, as seen on cauldrons, and the curvature of the rim suggests a diameter of about 280 mm. The bevelled rim itself is 4.5 mm thick which then tapers to the body which is 3 mm thick. Egan (2005) illustrates a similar example of a bowl fragment with a flared rim and straight-sided body on…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Record ID: CORN-842694
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass cobalt blue bead, worn and pitted with mottled colouration within the glass. The bead is circular in plan and ovoid in profile, with a cylindrical central perforation and a lip on the edge of the hole, which shows that the molten glass would have been twisted and rolled around a central rod during its manufacture. Crummy (1983) illustrates a similar short oblate bead on page 33, Fig.34, No.562, which is dated from the post-Roman period. Roman beads in stratified local contexts are rare, but examples of blue glass beads have been found at Trethurgy, St. Austell and are illustrate…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Record ID: CORN-83D8A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy hinged T-shaped enamelled type brooch with just the head and bow remaining. There are slight projections on either side of the head, which are the remains of the short wings, and a slot at the back of the head, which would have held the hinge for the pin, now missing. The foot and catchplate are also missing. The head has an incised curvilinear edge, just inside the break, which may be part of the base of a head loop. The bow is angled away from the head at almost a right angle, and has several recessed lozenges or ovoids at the front which probably ori…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Record ID: CORN-83CE77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman T-shaped or Colchester type brooch with spring mechanism. The terminals of both wings have broken and the back has also corroded away revealing the copper alloy sprung mechanism still within the tubular sections and part of the hinge survives in the middle. The pin, the foot and catchplate are all missing. The head and bow appear to be plain but are corroded and pitted and have patches of carbonised material, suggesting perhaps that the brooch may have been part of a cremation. Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar sprung T-shaped brooch with a p…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 30th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-83BB23
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy sestertius, with bust facing right on obverse, but all that remains is the bow at the back of the head, which ties the laurel wreath to the head. There is nothing recognisable on the reverse and an incised line running through that is caused by later damage.
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Record ID: CORN-83B502
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman dupondius or as dating from the first to the third century AD (c.AD 41-260), with head facing right on the obverse but nothing recognisable on the reverse, and too corroded to make out any details in order to identify the coin.
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Record ID: CORN-8398A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius, probably of Faustina II under Antoninus Pius (c.AD 145-161), Reece period 7, BMC Group III type obverse with female bust with waves of plaited hair and chignon high on back of head, slim exposed neck and delicate profile facing right on obverse, and PIETAS type reverse with standing draped female figure facing left but leaning right, holding large cornucopiae in left arm, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV p. 378, Plate 52, Figs.7 & 9, Nos.2174 & 2177.
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Record ID: CORN-838F06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Faustina II (c.AD 145-175), consecration issue of Faustina II after her death (c.AD 176), Reece period 8, BMC 4th issue of DIVA FAVSTINA PIA obverse type with draped bust with rows of plaits in chevrons across head and knotted into low chignon on back of neck, facing right, SIDERIBVS RECEPTA S C reverse type with Diva Faustina as Diana, draped and wearing crescent on shoulders,standing front, head facing right holding lighted torch in both hands across body, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV pp. 655-6, Plate 87, Figs.1 & 3, Nos.1585 & 1591.
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Record ID: CORN-837508
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius with head facing right on obverse with almost right angle between laurel wreath leaf and nose, so possibly Hadrian (AD 117-138), Reece period 6, but too much of the original surface of the central area of the reverse is missing to make any details out.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Record ID: WAW-82EEE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (2nd to mid 3rd centuries) umbonate brooch: The copper alloy brooch is circular in plan with eight small knops around the edge. The body of the brooch is domed in profile and decorated with a pellet at the apex within a low-relief annulet. There is a second annulet around the edge of the brooch, and between the two there are triangular cells filled with alternating red and blue enamel. The reverse of the brooch is concave and hasa complete catchplate at one edge, and opposite there are two perforated lugs which forms the hinge. The hinge has an axis bar which supports a copper a…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: WAW-829F22
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Early Medieval to Medieval (11th to 12th centuries) cross-staff terminal or head: The copper alloy terminal is an elongated trapezoidal which tapers slightly and has a hexagonal sectioned knop on the upper narrow edge. The mid-section has a trapezoidal void in the centre. The lower section is an incomplete hexagonal cylindrical socket with an incomplete spur or protrusion on the outer, opposite edges. The socket has a 15mm internal diameter. The surface of the terminal has a dark brown patina. The terminal is 44.15mm in length, 36.72mm wide and 21.09mm thick. It weighs 41.3g.…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-826024
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two adjoining copper-alloy sheet metal buckle plates of medieval date, c.1200-1400 . Both plates are sub-rectangular but are unequal in size. At the frame end, two projecting tabs flank a pin slot. The plates are held together by four copper-alloy rivets with circular heads, and there is a fifth hole from which the rivet is missing. The plate has an olive green patina. Length of plate:28.47 mm. Width:17.61 mm. Thickness: 1.99 mm Weight: 4.195 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-824A72
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post Medieval (13th to 17th centuries) strap fitting, decorative mount; In plan the mount is circular and in profile domed with a lip at the edge. The dome on the outer surface is decorated with radiating grooves which have traces of gilding remaining. The reverse of the mount is undecorated and is hollow. There are two integral, oval sectioned studs, both of which are incomplete. The surface of the mount has an incomplete mid green patina. The mount is 28.41mm diameter and 11.86mm thick from the apex to the stud terminal. It weighs 9.1g. The mount possibly dates to the…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th April 2014
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Record ID: NARC-8082E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver pennyof Edward I. (1272 - 1307). London mint. Class 4E.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Record ID: NARC-8077A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut-quarter Edwardian penny. (1279 - 1344). York mint. Illegible.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th April 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-806B34
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double loop buckle, dating from the late Medieval-Post Medieval period (c. 1350-1650 AD). The buckle frame has one oval loop with flat back and bevelled outer sides on the front; the other loop is incomplete . The strap bar is narrowed, possibly worn by the pin which is made of sheet copper. It is 51.79 mm long, 47.23 mm wide, 4.31 mm thick and weighs 13.9 grams. Whitehead 2003,p 53, No.294 illustrates a similar but more decorated example which he dates to c. 1350-1650 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tenterden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC-8050B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine. FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse; soldeir dragging barbarian right.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Record ID: NARC-8029D2
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy jetton or coin stamped with several crowned 'AR' countermarks. Worn blank before being counterstamped. Possibly reused as a local trade token, a weight or a love token. The reverse is flat and plain.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th April 2014
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Record ID: NARC-7FEC75
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I. Sixth issue. Tun mintmark (1592 - 1595). Reference: Spink 2579
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th April 2014
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