Record ID: CORN-35131D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and slightly clipped medieval silver double patard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477), first issue (1467-74), minted in Flanders (Bruges; van Gelder & Hoc 23-1). Ref: van Gelder & Hoc 1960: 22. The obverse bears a quartered shield and coat of arms, and the reverse bears an ornate cross with a lis at the centre. The inscription on the obverse reads +KAROLVS:DEI:GRA:DVX:BVRG:CO:FLA with annulet stops and on the reverse is the legend +SIT:NOMEN:DOMINI:BENEDICTVM: with a fire steel motif at the end.
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-EA1884
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and clipped medieval silver double patard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477) issued in Flanders (van Gelder & Hoc 23-3). Ref: van Gelder & Hoc 1960: 20. The obverse bears a shield with the arms of Burgundy with a lion rampant in the centre and the inscription KAROLVS DEI GRA DVX BVRG CO FRA (double annulet stops between each word)). The reverse is a cross fleuretty with a fleur de lis within a diamond in the centre and the inscription SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM.
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-611F56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged Colchester derivative, hinged brooch. Both ends of each arm are broken off, revealing the copper alloy spindle that runs through the centre to hold the hinge, the remains of which can also be seen in the slot at the back of the head. The pin is missing and would also have been made of copper alloy. There are transverse mouldings and incisions along the front of the wings. The bow curves outwards from the head and protrudes upwards significantly from the line of the crossbar. There is a transverse semi-circular groove across the upper section o…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C28546
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman barbarous radiate, probably imitating a coin of Claudius II (AD 268-270), posthumous 'Divus' Claudius issue of AD 270-271, dating from the period c.AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting a crude version of an altar. According to Reece and James (2000, pp.42-43) this type was often copied. Similar irregular copies are illustrated in catalogues of the Cunetio hoard on p.160, pl.34, no.2875:2 and from the Normanby hoard on p.205, pl.32, no.1832/3, but the current example is very stylised.
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th March 2021
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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-A33BBF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged Initial T-shaped, South-western derivative brooch. The crossbar is corroded and the ends are incomplete but appear to be bulbous. The brooch is quite heavily made, and the lower part of the brooch and the hinged pin mechanism is missing. The crossbar is 33 mm in length and 6 mm in diameter at its thinnest and 6.5 mm in diameter at the bulbous end. The back of the bow is hollow and encrusted with iron corrosion product which are the remains of the iron pin. The bow curves outwards and protrudes significantly from the line of the crossbar. There…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: CORN-30BA19
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy dupondius of Nero (AD 54-68), dating to the period c.AD 66-68 (Reece period 3). VICTORIA AVGVSTI, S C, reverse type depicting Victory draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left. Mint of Lyon. cf. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 181, no. 522 passim for the type
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-06C327
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy mount, hexagonal and flat, with a large off-centre rivet hole 3.7 mm in diameter. The hexagon is not regular; two parallel and opposite sides are longer than the others, making it 19.64mm long but only 12.41mm wide. At the shorter ends, one angled corner is longer then the other, making the angle more acute; the rivet hole is placed where the centre would be if the hexagon was regular and both angles less acute. The central hole is surrounded by incised oblique lines which slant outwards from the hole. They are relatively regular around the less acutely angled hal…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2019
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Record ID: CORN-A671C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver long cross penny of Edward II (1307-1327), Class 11b1 (1312-1314) with broken left ornament on crown, large face and pointed chin, and 'E' and 'C' with pointed back and closed front, London mint . Ref: Withers 2006: 38-39.
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-6B36C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A silver medieval groat of Edward III (1327-1377), Post-Treaty Period (1369-1377), initial mark: cross potent with four pellets, with the French title resumed and a row of annulets below the bust, representing chain mail, and the X in REX is in the form of a St Andrews cross. Minted in London. (North 1285; Spink 1639). Ref: North 1991: 58. +EDWARDxDIxGxREXxANGLxZxFRANCxDxhIB (double saltire stops); Crowned bust facing in a tressure of nine arches with a row of eight annulets below the bust, representing chain mail +POSVIx/DEVMxA/DIVTOR/EMxMEVMx (saltire stops) (I have made God …
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-88C1B3
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner with a spool-neck, sub-Group A. It is simple in form, with an elongated leaf-shaped blade culminating in a forked point. The suspension loop sits at a right-angle to the plane of the blade and is pierced with a small, circular hole at the apex that is 2 m in diameter. The blade is flat in section with a plain undecorated back and a decorated face consisting of a circular wheel motif surrounding a punched dot on the widest part of the blade, an undulating decorative border around the edges of the blade and an engraved line leading up the blade from …
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2017
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
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Record ID: CORN-72E7D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Roman denarius of Julia Maesa, grandmother to the emperor Elagabalus (AD 218-222), dating from the period AD 218-222, Reece period 10, SAECVLI FELICITAS reverse type depicting Felicitas standing left holding long caduceus and sacrificing over lighted altar with star in right field, mint of Rome. Cf. RIC IV, Part II, p.50, no.271
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2020
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Record ID: CORN-42BEA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine II as Caesar (AD 317-337), dating from AD 323 to 324 (Reece Period 16), CAESARVM NOSTRORVM reverse type depicting laurel wreath enclosing legend VOT / X. Probably Mint of London RIC Vol.VII, p.115, cf. no. 292.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2017
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Record ID: CORN-63EB44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A heavily corroded and incomplete copper-alloy Roman as or dupondius, possibly of Nero (AD 54-68), dating to the period c.AD 64-68 (Reece period 3). Illegible reverse type, unclear mint.
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
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Record ID: CORN-62403A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Allectus (AD 293-296), Reece period 14, possibly LAETITIA AVG reverse type depicing Laetitia standing left holding wreath and anchor or PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left with globe and cornucopiae. Mint Unclear. RIC Vol.V (ii), p.565, pl.19, fig.12, no.79 / p. 561, cf. no. 36. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 2017
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Record ID: CORN-61AF84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-293), Reece period 14, PAX AVG reverse type depicting PAX facing left holding branch and (vertical) sceptre. Unattributed Mint. RIC V, pt 2, p. 535, 880. Cf. Normanby, p.199, pl.28, no.1563. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2017
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Record ID: CORN-CDB8CB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Magnentius (AD 350-353), dating to .AD 351-352 (Reece Period 18), VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE reverse type, with two standing figures of Victory holding a shield between them with the inscription VOT / V / MVLT / X. Mint of Amiens. Cf. RIC Vol. VIII, p.122, nos.14/16
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2017
Last updated: Saturday 2nd December 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FAF4EE
Object type: FABRICATOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A flint fabricator, elongated rectangle in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. A secondary flake with a small area of yellow-brown cortex at the distal end. The dorsal side bears the scars of the removal of two earlier longitudinal flakes. The distal end of the left margin has been blunted by the removal of three shallow, lateral flakes. There is the remnant of a striking platform at the proximal end, with a clear point of percussion. The small bulb of percussion is visible at the proximal end of the ventral face as are the conchoidal ripples along the full length…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-DCADC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to c. AD 313-316 (Reece Period 15), MARTI CONSERVATORI reverse type depicting Mars in military dress standing right, looking left and leaning on reversed vertical spear with right arm and resting left hand on shield. Mint of Trier. Mint mark T / F // ATR. Cf. RIC VII, p.173, pl.3, fig.115 (same apart from legends), no.118, but unusual reverse legend: MARTI CONS-ERVATORI.
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7EAB7B
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead cylindrical powder charger cap, with a flat oval lid. The cap has been pressed from both sides so that the edges almost meet and the base is more ovate than it would have been originally. The comparatively thin sides would have flared outwards towards the oval or circular mouth of the powder flask. This example now measures 29 by 14.2 mm. It is 16 mm high and 1.1 mm thick. It weighs 12 g. The powder cap would have been part of a powder-charger or powder-holder, a small flask holding enough powder for a complete charge for the weapon. A series of these holders were …
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2017
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