Record ID: CORN-4442BB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Commodus (AD 180-192), Reece period 9, P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P S / C reverse type depicting Salus draped, seated left on low seat, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled around altar to left, left arm resting on side of seat, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV, p.816, pl.108, fig.1, no.617 which dates the coin from AD 187-188
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-442915
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold 400 reis (cruzado) of John V of Portugal (1706-1750), dated to 1719 on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-441268
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy pelta-shaped mount with looped terminal with integral pointed lug that is 4 mm long at the back of the terminal. The mount is in the form of an expanded crescent or collar with moulded borders and radiating oblique lines that run between the borders. Between these transverse ridges there are trapezoidal cells that would originally have held enamel. Inside this crescent is a pelta-shaped section that still retains some of its red enamel inlay and arcs into a point that almost touches the terminal, creating two areas of crescentic openwork. The object is quite delicate…
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-43D414
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Valentinian I (AD 364-375), Reece period 19, SECVRITAS REPVBLICAE reverse type with Victory advancing left holding up small wreath in right hand and palm in left arm, minted at Arles, OF III denotes that struck at third workshop or officina in Arles and there is a pellet under the Roman numeral III, which determines the reference below and dates the coin to the First Period (AD 364-367). Cf. RIC IX, p.57, no.iv(c) and p.64, no.9(a)
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-43A26A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver radiate of Gallienus, sole reign (AD 260-268), Reece period 13, SALVS AVG reverse type depicting Salus standing right feeding snake in right hand from patera held in left hand, mint of Rome. Cf. Cunetio p.113, pl.11, no.1054
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-437288
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver radiate of Quintillus (AD 270), Reece period 13, FORTVNA REDVX reverse type depicting Fortuna standing left holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, mint of Rome. Cf. Cunetio 2344, Normanby 1177
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-4333E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A base silver Roman radiate of Trebonianus Gallus (AD 251-253), dating to the period c.AD 251-253 (Reece period 12). AETERNITAS AVGG reverse type depicting Aeternitas standing left, holding phoenix on globe, left hand raising skirt at side. Mint of Rome. RIC IV.3, p.162, pl.13, fig.1, no.30; Cunetio no. 372.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th April 2021
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Record ID: CORN-431041
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver radiate of Gordian III (AD 238-244), Reece period 12, ROMAE AETERNAE reverse type depicting Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on shield, holding Victory in right hand and spear in left Cf. RIC IV, part 3, p.23, no.70 which is the Third Issue dating from AD 240
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-42EBDC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver groat of Edward IV, Second Reign (1471-1483), Type XVIIIb (Brooke 5) with no fleurs on cusps on breast or above crown on obverse, initial mark pierced cross with pellet in third quarter (1477-1480), London mint, Spink 2098. There is a transverse bar on the copula or backwards 'Z' in the obverse legend and the random placing of suns and roses as reverse stops is typical but not universal in Type XVIII (Buck, 2000, 42).
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-42CFEE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long-cross penny of Henry V (1413-1422), trefoil over mullet to left of crown and annulet to the right, York mint, Class F with quatrefoil around pellet in centre of reverse cross, Spink 1789.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-426675
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut half of a voided long-cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Long cross coinage (1247-1272), Phase II, Provincial Phase (1248-1250), Class 3b with neat round bust with beard in three pellets either side of a larger central pellet, mintmark missing, moneyer Henri, London mint, Spink 1363.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-42150D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine (AD 337-364), Reece period 17 (AD 330-348), VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN reverse type depicting two Victories standing, facing each other, each holdng a wreath (c.AD 343-348), mint letter are illegible but like example referenced below from Trier. Cf. RIC Vol.VIII p.151, pl.2, no.185
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-41F6E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stater of South Western uninscribed type, probably minted by the Durotriges of Dorset and Somerset in the first century AD. British Museum Catalogue Type: 2790; ABC 2175; Van Arsdell Type: 1290-1, which is dated from 30 BC to AD 10, but current thinking now dates them from the first half of the 1st century AD. The style of these coins derive originally from Gallo-Belgic gold staters which were copying Greek gold staters in circulation at the time, with the head of Apollo on the obverse, and a horse and chariot on the reverse. The evolution of this coin's design is: …
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-41BD2D
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy horse harness suspension mount, sqaure in plan, with separate extant rivets that are 3 mm in diameter and 7 mm long, but missing its pendant which would have been suspended between the two parallel loops that extend below the lower rivet. The suspension loops have apertures that are 1 mm in diameter. The front face of the square plate is decorated with a diamond-shaped raised border around a lion rampant facing left, possibly as a patriotic pseudo-heraldic device representing England, and in each angle a trefoil or fleur de lis. There does not appear to have been any…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2017
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Record ID: CORN-38D889
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass oblong bead made from translucent royal blue glass with small bubbles visible in the structure and a small area of lighter blue glass. One end of the bead is flatter than the other, and the more rounded end is higher on one side than the other. The asymmetrical form comes from the winding process during manufacture or due to loss of heat in the furnace, causing an uneven flow of the molten glass. The bead is not decorated, but there are chips and scratches in the glass dispersed in a pattern of circumferential bands. The bead is 7.5 mm diameter, 9.1 mm length and 0.75g. The cent…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-2E86A1
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead. Triangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. Made on a secondary flake of fine-textured, medium-brown flint with a small patch of cortex remaining on the dorsal face. A series of conchoidal ripples are clearly visible at the distal end of the ventral face although the striking platform and bulb of percussion and have been lost by the deliberate snapping off of the proximal end of the flake, to produce the desired triangular shape. This complete edge and the adjacent distal edge have then been blunted from the dorsal face by the remov…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-2E747C
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint leaf-shaped arrowhead. Oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. Made on a tertiary flake of dark grey fine-textured translucent nodular flint, with no cortex remaining. A series of conchoidal ripples are clearly visible at the distal end of the ventral face although at the proximal end both the striking platform and the bulb of percussion have been removed by the removal of several small flakes. The pointed tip of the arrowhead has broken off from the distal end. The dorsal face of bears the scars of removal of two earlier flakes. Both lateral margins of the dorsa…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-2E639A
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine-grained granite elvan muller or rubbing stone. The muller is oval in plan, with two rounded ends, and plano-convex in profile, with a convex upper face and a flat base. The flat, smooth base was used for rubbing, and the upper face convex so that it could be held and pushed across a base for grinding. The muller would have been used with a larger saddle quern to grind grain between the stones to make flour. The granite is fine grained and contains muscovite or mica, tourmaline and felspars. The soft felspars would work into hollows and the hard tourmaline would stand proud of the…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-2E4F62
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete greenstone hammerstone. A flattened oval in plan and in section and sub-rectangular in profile. The entire surface has been pecked to form a symmetrical, sub-cylindrical shape which would have been comfortable in the hand, with one face almost flat and the opposite face slightly convex. Both ends have been flattened and are slightly worn through use as a hammerstone. The flatter of the two faces is very slightly worn and may have been used for rubbing whilst the convex face is slightly pitted and may also have been used as a hammerstone. Jones and Taylor (2010) describ…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-2E2FB8
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blade fragment of a metabasic greenstone adze, semi-circular in plan and section and triangular in profile, with straight sides that widen slightly towards the blade end. About a third of the original tool survives, the blade end, while the longer but tapering butt end that would have been hafted is missing. The adze may have originally been about three times as long, judging from similar ethnographic parallels, in order to balance it with the wooden haft or handle. In profile the blade is plano-convex suggesting that the tool was used as an adze for carving and smoothing the wood rat…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
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