Record ID: CORN-90E423
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Aluminium copy of a Charles I sixpence, copying the silver shillings minted at Pontefract during 1648 and 1649, the so-called 'siege' pieces. Sixpences were never minted at Pontefract, but were at Scarborough in 1644-5 and Newark in 1646. However, these latter types are square or diamond-shaped in profile, not disc-shaped as in this case. This copy seems to have been stamped and then cut out as a disc, as it has an edge on the reverse that stands slightly proud of the surface of the coin but no edge on the obverse.
Created on: Sunday 20th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: CORN-4DA5D4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button in the form of a Roman radiate of Postumus. The obverse bust and inscription are clearly hammered through from the reverse, like a 'brockage'. The button is missing its loop on the back but there is corrosion in the area where it would have been attached. 19th – early 20th century
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-081460
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet copper alloy snake’s head strap end with punched detail on upper sheet and then soldered onto lower sheet which is plain, making it hollow within to take a leather strap. Likely to have been imported in relatively modern times from the East where the snake motif is more prevalent. The only comparable example that the recorder can find is as a terminal to an armlet or arm band made from sheet brass from Chinese Turkestan illustrated in Gerlach (1971) on page 76, Plate 38 No.19. 19th-20th century
Created on: Monday 27th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-091393
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken cast copy of a silver long-cross penny of Edward III (1327-1377). Modern reproduction. Obverse legend like third coinage but bust resembles fourth coinage. The weight of 0.85 g is also only two thirds of the weight of a typical silver penny of Edward III, that I have recently recorded, with a comparable amount of the edge of the coin missing.
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-7C0843
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead seal with the words * PORTLAND CEMENT around the initials C.Z. embossed on one face of the seal and MADE IN BELGIUM on the other side. ‘Portland’ cement was patented in 1824, but the manufacture of this type of cement moved across the Channel to Belgium and Germany about 25 years later. Mid-late 19th century
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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