Record ID: CORN-26179A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Trajan (AD 98-117), Reece period 5, S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S / C reverse type depicting standing central figure with legs together creating solid base like Spes in BMC Vol.III, p.171, pl.29, fig.7, no.810.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th May 2021
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Record ID: CORN-234147
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stater of South Western uninscribed 'Hod Hill' type minted by the Durotriges of Dorset and Somerset in the first century AD. British Museum Catalogue Type: 2810; 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…
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-22A383
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dupondius or as, probably of Nerva (AD 96-98), Reece period 5, with distinctive shape of head, profile and nose, but the reverse is worn smooth so unidentifiable.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-215C83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dupondius, probably of Vespasian (AD 69-79), Reece period 4, with bald head, angled radiate crown and distinctive cut-away neck line, but the reverse with perhaps a seated figure is too corroded to make out the type.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-204116
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Trajan (AD 98-117), Reece period 5, dating from AD 104-111, S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC reverse type depicting Trajan bareheaded galloping on horseback with cloak floating behind him, brandishing javelin in right hand, with figure of Dacian unclear below the horse so may be in front of horse where coin is missing. Most of legends also missing. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC III, p.177, pl.31, fig.5, no.841
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Sunday 12th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-A592FC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount, semi-circular in plan, decorated in high relief with Anglo-Saxon Style I motifs dating from the Early Medieval period, c.AD 470-600. The mount is gilded on the front face with a central boss in a semi-circular cell, which has corroded but appears to have enamel mixed in with the corrosion product. This D-shaped boss is imitating a gem setting seen on other more high-status mounts, but is surrounded by an overall chip-carved design of raised parallel, crescentic and scrolled lines surrounding crescentic and teardrop shapes. The design is based around the cent…
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-A2B80D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy as of Domitian (AD 81-96), dating to AD 85-96 (Reece Period 4), FORTVNAE AVGVSTI S C reverse type depicting Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: CORN-A290D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy dupondius of Trajan (AD 98-117), Reece period 5, dating from AD 104-111, S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC reverse type depicting Victory, draped, stepping left, holding palm in left hand and with right erecting trophy left with helmet and oblong shield at base of trophy stand. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC III, p.199, pl.36, fig.10, no.941 Cf. BMC III, p.199, pl.36, fig.10, no.941
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th May 2021
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Record ID: CORN-A21552
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy dupondius of Domitian (AD 81-96), Reece period 4, dating from AD 87, VIRTVTI AVGVSTI S C reverse type depicting Virtus standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium. Mint of Rome. Cf. RIC II (2nd ed.), p.302, pl.151, no.540
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: CORN-68C636
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy flat axehead dating from the Migdale tradition of the Early Bronze Age, c.2200-2000 BC. The sides of the axehead look slightly raised on both faces but that is because the original surface, which has turned dark brown in colour, has only survived around the edges making it look crisper, and also on the blade above the slightly expanded but worn and rounded cutting edge. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal in plan, triangular in profile, tapering towards the cutting edge, and rectangular in section at the butt end. The blade narrows towards the damaged butt end,…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th March 2020
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Record ID: CORN-8FCBF5
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of thirty-three cast copper alloy axes mainly contained in one incomplete pottery vessel with four axes having been disturbed and removed from the upper section of the vessel and an additional casting jet found afterwards about 15 metres away that may be associated with the hoard. Report by Dot Bruns, Finds Liaison Officer for Lancashire and Cumbria in March 2005: Description 1. Socketed axe (SF 1), Sompting Type. Complete. Double mouth moulding with bulbous upper and thinner lower mouth moulding. Square mouth with rounded corners. Casting seams very thin and visi…
Created on: Friday 28th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 8th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mylor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-56AC86
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fragment of a Late Bronze Age sword, sub-rectangular in plan and profile and 'flying saucer'-shaped (stepped lozenge) in section, from the Carp's Tongue complex, dating from c.1000-800 BC. The blade is incised on both faces with a pair of parallel longitudinal grooves, approximately 4.7mm in from the edge, at the junction of the oval-section midrib and the bevelled blade edges. The grooves taper as the blade edge does, towards the rounded broken edge, which is not the tip of the blade. The grooves border a central raised mid-rib which is 14 mm wide and 6 mm thick, me…
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Sunday 16th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-CAA036
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast enamelled copper-alloy Roman Head stud hinged brooch dating from the late 1st century to the late 2nd century AD. The base of a loop remains at the head of the bow between the wings which survive as square front plates that have recessed cells which still hold enamel in the left wing. Behind the wing plates there is a narrow tube in which the missing axis bar would have rotated. The hinge and pin of the brooch are also missing. At the head of the brooch is a raised disc or 'head stud', 6 mm in diameter, which is decorated with a moulded cruciform design. Below the head stud the…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
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Record ID: CORN-F39374
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy tanged chisel dating from the Ewart Park phase (c.950-850 BC) of the Late Bronze Age. The chisel measures 52 mm in length, 19 mm in width and 14 mm in thickness at the collar. Only 8 mm of the length of the tang remains which is square in section, 6 mm x 6 mm, above a transverse spheroid collar which is circular in plan, 14 mm in diameter and 10 mm in height, which separates the tang from the flattened blade, which is triangular in plan and in profile, and expands in width from 10 mm, below the collar, to 19 mm at the broken edge and narrows in thickness f…
Created on: Monday 27th January 2020
Last updated: Sunday 1st March 2020
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Record ID: CORN-9B1DB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy radiate of Tetricus I (AD 271-274) Reece Period 13, LAETITIA AVGG reverse type depicting Laetitia standing left holding purse in right hand and leaning on anchor with left, Mint II, Gaul. Cf. Cunetio p.153,  pl.32, no.2646
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Sunday 1st March 2020
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Record ID: CORN-9C7593
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete moulded copper-alloy mount depicting the head of a satyr, faun or the god Pan, with a beard and truncated horns in the forehead, at a 45 degree angle between facing and being in profile. The remains of the horns are projecting stumps that are now 3 mm in height and 3.5 mm in diameter. The ears are not pointed, as they are normally depicted in classical representations of the satyr, which suggests a post-Roman date. The reverse is concave with the broken end of a rivet immediately behind the moulded nose on the front of the face. The broken edges behind the head and below…
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9B1AF2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman finger ring with a flat oval bezel and the beginnings of the the hoop which is mostly missing beyond the bezel and is D-shaped in section and in profile. The bezel is moulded with the raised Roman numerals XIII, within a round border, which may represent the Thirteenth Twin Legion or the Legio tertia decima Geminia, a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of Julius Caesar's key units in Gaul and in the civil war, and was the legion with which he famously crossed the Rubicon on January 10, 49 BC. The legion appears to have still been in existe…
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9A5808
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sestertius of Lucilla (AD 164-169), Reece period 8, DIANA LVCIFERA S C reverse type depicting Diana, draped, standing right, holding in both hands transverse torch, pointing upwards to right. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol.IV, p.569, pl.76, fig.14, no.1144
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-9A528B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and damaged copper-alloy barbarous radiate of Postumus (AD 260-269), Reece period 14, dating from AD 275-285, possibly VICTORIA AVG reverse type depicting Victory running left, holding wreath in right hand and kicking bound and seated captive with right foot. Cf. Cunetio 2888:3.
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9A4EB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy dupondius or as probably of Hadrian (AD 117-138), Reece period 6, possibly reverse type with galley with mast and bellying sail above prow and acrostolium at stern as can see two curved features mirroring each other on reverse. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol.III, p.461, pl.86, fig.8, no.1462A
Created on: Saturday 11th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Levan', grid reference and parish protected.