Record ID: CORN-30BA19
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy dupondius of Nero (AD 54-68), dating to the period c.AD 66-68 (Reece period 3). VICTORIA AVGVSTI, S C, reverse type depicting Victory draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left. Mint of Lyon. cf. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 181, no. 522 passim for the type
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
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Record ID: CORN-301555
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), Reece period 18, minted in AD 353 at Trier. The obverse on this coin is very worn, but the bust can just be seen facing right with its prominent ear. The reverse is of the SALVS AVG NOSTRI type with a chi-rho in the centre flanked by an alpha 'A' and omega 'ω'. This type was only struck at Trier and is attributed to a period known as the Revolt of Poemenius (Kent,1981, pp.164-165). This coin is worn away around the circumference and missing its legends, now only 17 mm in diameter, but would have originally been 22-23 m in di…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-2F24B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Roman denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117), Reece period 5, COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC reverse type depicting Roma helmeted in military dress seated left with straight spear in left hand, mint of Rome. The coin has been damaged on both faces, probably by fire as the surface has sheared away from the core, so perhaps during a cremation. Cf. BMC III, p.71, pl.14, fig.5, no.276 which is COS V, c.AD 106
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Sunday 10th June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-2C7016
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy leg of a small skillet, broken off at the top and above the foot. with three moulded ribs running vertically down the face of the leg. Just before the lower break in the leg it begins to splay out to what would have been the foot. There is no collar above the foot. The leg is rectangular in plan, splaying out slightly at the bottom left hand corner, and plano-convex in section with a flat back. There is black organic material on the surface of the leg burnt on when it was near the fire. A simple leg of this type is illustrated by Butler & Green (2003)…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-2BFE38
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy leg and foot from a cauldron. The leg and foot are straight-sided in plan and profile and plano-convex in section with a flat back. The base of the foot is flat but angled outwards with a casting cavity on one side. There are five rounded ribs, the central one widest at 12 mm and the two outer ribs least prominent, running parallel to each other from the broken upper edge of the leg to the transverse collar above the foot. Below the collar the foot splays out and is everted outwards slightly and continues the five claws with the central one again most promi…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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