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Record ID: CORN-0FCF32
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Continental Iron Age base-silver (billon) stater of Armorican type. The type originated on the Channel Islands or Cotentin region, c. 60-50 BC. The coin is a variant of published types; the nearest reference before DT (Delestree & Tache) 2284-2285.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
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This findspot is known as 'Gwithian', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CORN-4C0E82
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Large weathered granite lower stone or base of a rotary quern with a central hole for a wooden spindle to hold it to the upper stone of the rotary quern which would have also been perforated centrally. The spindle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The stone is about 530 mm in diameter and about 100 mm thick at the eye which is 60 mm in diameter and a complete perforation. Such perforations may have enabled the spindle to have been fixed to a lever set beneath …
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
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Record ID: CORN-B177A3
Object type: BALDRIC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy sword belt fitting or baldric ring, circular in profile and D-shaped in section, having a slightly flatter inner edge. The outer surface of the ring or hoop is inlaid with red glass triangles, arranged in a pattern pointing inwards from the edge, so that the alternating copper alloy spaces are triangular or diamond-shaped. The glass is the so called 'sealing wax' glass of the Iron Age, called thus because of the opaque deep red colour. It is technically known as enamel when in fact it is chips of glass inlay. The glass has undergone SEM analysis with Mary …
Created on: Monday 28th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-744206
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Republican legionary denarius of Mark Antony, c.32-31 BC, travelling mint, RRC 544/26
Stamped with an 'N' on the obverse which is a banker's mark. Were it an imperial or official countermark it would be a punched die (Sam Moorhead pers comm).
This coin likely came in with the Roman army during the 1st century AD. However, Mark Antony denarii are known to have remained in circulation until the 3rd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-B31DC7
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Stamped incomplete silver book binding or bar mount in the shape of a sword, with a 'pommel' and 'hilt', in plan, and flat in profile. There are two tiny rivets inside the bifid 'hilt' section and an etched pair of initials 'L' 'I' with oblique lines filling in the interiors of the letters. These are incomplete and trimmed at either edge, suggesting that this piece might have been cut from a larger piece with more lettering on it.
"If it is as late as I suspect, it is oddly unfinished in some aspects - the edges, the rivets - to be made of silver - presumably adapted from something …
Created on: Sunday 10th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
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Record ID: CORN-943711
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Silver bodkin, with a round knop mounted above a semi-circular terminal, which contains a circular perforation. About 10 mm along the bodkin from the pierced circle, there is a rectangular eye slot. Below this slot, one side of the bodkin is stamped with a maker's mark in the form of a pomegranate or thistle within a crescent moon. On the opposite side are a series of punched dots (pointille) in the form of the letters 'A' and 'H' (initials), followed by a cross, and the date 1672. These bodkins were used as hair pins to decorate the hair, and the circular perforations were used to su…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Phillack', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CORN-3DEED0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Base silver radiate dating from the reigns of Gallienus to Allectus, c.AD 260-296. Only an unclear radiate bust right is visible.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: CORN-3E4D65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman sestertius, probably of Faustina I (AD 138-161), dating to the period c.AD 138-140 (Reece period 7). Probably VENERI AVGVSTAE, S C, reverse type depicting Venus standing left holding apple and drawing up robe from shoulder. Mint of Rome. cf. RIC III, no. 1082; BMV IV no. 1123.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
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Record ID: CORN-51C1F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 1.b2, The Trumpet Knop, flat wing ends), missing its spring, pin, catchplate and footknob. The head has a beaded crest with plain flanges either side of the head, and moulded oblique lines on the front of each side of the crossbar. Below the crest, the bow tapers towards the foot with moulded cross-grooves and a pair of cross-ribs surrounding a central moulding. The bow is then undecorated beneath this element and the upper edge of the catchplate is just visible, although dama…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-64B367
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate, probably of Tetricus I, probably PAX AVG or COMES AVG type, Mint I, 271-4
Created on: Monday 29th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-9155C2
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy shield pattern palstave; Crediton type. Broken blade and butt ends with worn down flanges with one missing. The remains of a raised edge, in the form of a shield can be seen below the stop ridge. The surface is heavily pitted and has a dark green patina that is encrusted with light green corrosion.
L. 156mm; W. (blade) 51mm; W. (butt) 26 mm; Th. (flange) 33mm; Wt. 450.3g
This was found with another shield pattern palstave, but they are not identical with this palstave having a rounded and shorter shield indicating that they were cast in different moulds. Nonethel…
Created on: Thursday 1st November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-FA0676
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt pendant with ornate cherub and foliage detail, and niello inlay, surrounding settings with five emeralds, three rubies, two citrine quartz, and an amethyst in the centre, with two settings missing their stones. The attachment loop at the top of the pendant has been damaged and is missing, and there are two small suspension loops at the bottom of the pendant, below each emerald, which would have had drop pendants attached, perhaps pendant pearls. 19th century German copy
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CORN-5E39D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Brass dupondius of Trajan (AD 98-117), countermarked with a a laureate design. It is assoicated with Antioch and was added before the Jewish Revolt of AD132-5. It has been suggested that this countermark relates to Hadrianic activity in the East. The other countermark in front of the head is unclear, but possibly of the same type.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-70BCB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isles of Scilly
Workflow stage: Published
Brass sestertius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), COS III // SC, with Roma on reverse, mint of Rome, AD 125-38. RIC II, c.f. 636 & 967; c.f. BMC 1301 & 1363
Created on: Sunday 9th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-0856D3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Rim fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel, probably a shallow cooking bowl, with internally bevelled rim and a suggested diameter of about 220 mm. The rim is 39 mm long and 8 mm deep and 3 mm thick and the fragment is about 32 mm long and 2 mm thick just below the rim. Ottaway & Rogers (2002) illustrate a similar cast bowl with bevelled rim on page 2810, Fig.1394, No.14197, which is dated from the mid-15th to the early 17th century.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Record ID: CORN-47A653
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Brass sestertius of Commodus (AD 180-192), [HILARITAS AVG or similar], mint of Rome, c.AD 186-188, RIC 497-498 & 514
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-71BC22
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Jadeite axehead, tear-drop shaped in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with patches of glassy polish and iron staining.
The axehead was analysed non-destructively, using scattered reflectance spectroradiometry, in October 2007 as part of an international French project, Projet JADE, covering all axeheads of Alpine rock in Europe. The project is directed by Dr Pierre Petrequin, until recently of CNRS and the University of Besancon. The analysis was undertaken by Dr Michel Errera (then of the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium) at the CNRS Lab…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-726021
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Flint dagger, lozenge-shaped in plan and section, tapering towards a point at the distal end and a squared-off butt at the proximal end. The dagger is bifacially reworked and retouched using pressure flaking on all margins.
The flint is a translucent grey-brown colour and was likely derived from a locally mined flint nodule. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:1.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar, but less symmetrical, example from Norfolk on page 60, Fig.5.35, and another on page 145, Fig.5.131, No.28, which dates from the Beaker period.
Smith (1919) illustrates similar ex…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
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Record ID: CORN-729D30
Object type: DISCOIDAL KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Flint discoidal knife, semi-circular in plan and lozenge-shaped in section, with a polished curved back to the blade, which is also slightly convex. The knife has been bifacially reworked and the blade edge retouched and then polished along with the back which may have been for hafting or hand-held. It was no doubt polished for decorative reasons as well as practical ones.
The flint is an orangey-brown colour and was probably derived from a locally mined flint nodule. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:2.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example of a discoidal knife with a p…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: CORN-C57246
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams Class A, with decorative silver wire and niello inlay of Anglo-Scandinavian inspiration. The mount is very worn and the inlay only survives in patches. Below the apex rivet is a pendent lobe, while at the base a union knot probably links a pair of opposed spirals which are utilised by the pair of rivet holes. Centrally is a knot within a wide ribbon-like strip which may be the body of a snake-like beast whose head is otherwise worn away. A corroded iron rivet survives within the apex hole and obscures the decoration. One of the other i…
Created on: Sunday 7th December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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