Record ID: CORN-F1C64B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper 24 deniers or double sols of Louis XV (1715-1774) of France referred to as a French colonial 'stampee', used in the West Indies, with a large crowned 'C' stamped on the obverse, but a blank reverse. The first coinage of stampees used worn, old coins. This second major coinage employed newly minted planchets, thus the coin is not a 'reformation' nor a traditional counterstamp. In 1763 the first stampee, or sol tampé, of 24 deniers was authorized. This was a small copper disk stamped on the obverse with a crowned C (for Colonies) and a blank reverse. From dates on the undertypes…
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Sunday 23rd September 2018
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Record ID: CORN-F1BEE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver quarter thistle merk of James VI of Scotland (1567-1625), Eighth coinage, dated to 1602 on the reverse, Spink 5499.
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 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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