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Record ID: CORN-45A890
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver radiate coin of Philip I (AD 244-249), dating to AD 248 (Reece Period 12), SAECVLARES AVGG // II reverse type depicting a she-wolf standing left suckling Romulus and Remus. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 3, p. 70, no. 70 / pl. 6, no. 15. The coin has a cut mark across the face of the emperor which has not penetrated the thickness of the coin. It was issued in Rome in AD 248 to publicise the Secular Games which were part of the celebrations of the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Rome (753 BC) in AD 248.
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
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Record ID: CORN-45144D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Anglo Saxon disc brooch, incomplete, missing its catch plate and pin, but otherwise in excellent condition. The brooch is circular, cut from a piece of flat metal, and decorated with an equal armed cross with a ring and dot in the centre of the cross and at the end of each arm. The quadrants formed by the angle of each two arms of the cross are outlined with an incised line, and each quadrant is in-filled with punched dots. On the back of the brooch there is a strip of shiny silvery metal across the centre line, which must represent a line of solder where the pin mechan…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
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Record ID: CORN-44160E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy finger ring, probably Roman in date, consisting of a flat strip of metal bent into a penannular ring with both terminals narrowing to a point and overlapping slightly. The pointed ends suggest this could have been used as an earring, but they may also simply be narrowed to fit together when worn on the finger and penannular to allow for expansion. The ring may also been made from a broken fragment of a bracelet which are often penannular in the Roman period. The outer face of the hoop is decorated with three horizontal concentric grooves which converge towards the ends …
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-41ECEB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval cast copper alloy strap mount in the form of an elongated heart shape, dating from the 17th century. The upper surface of the mount is flat, undecorated with bevelled edges.On the reverse are two short integral pointed lugs, bent in opposite directions, both with the tips broken off. The pointed end of the heart shape is slightly abraded.The back of the mount is flat and the surface has a dark green patina. A very similar mount can be seen on the database at WREX-049DF7 which is dated from the 17th century.
Read (2016) illustrates a similar mount on page 42, no.322 wh…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-419779
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Diocletian (AD 284-305), Reece period 15, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left, modius on head, chalmys over left shoulder, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left. The mintmark is missing in exergue on the reverse and this combination of obverse and reverse was minted in Aquileia, Lyons, Rome and Trier between AD 294 and 303. Cf. RIC VI, p.179, no.141a.
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2018
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