Record ID: CORN-08ED77
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy sub-hexagonal late Medieval French uniface coin weight. On one surface of the object, there is a raised motif comprising a crowned shield with three fleur-de-lis within, much abraded. The other surface is plain. Fifteenth-century French coin weights for the Ecu d'or bear a shield with three fleur-de-lis and are hexagonal in shape. The weight at 1.85 g suggests that it represents half of an ecu, which weighed 3.5 g. Withers (1995) illustrate similar examples on page 39 which are dated from c.1422-1475 and discuss the weights on p.70.
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-08C23B
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy uniface coinweight, hexagonal in plan with chamfered edges and two fleurs de lis stamped on the obverse, each stamp consisting of an outer circle and a granulated background to the fleur in the centre. The weight is in very good condition. The only other example on the database is from the Isle of Wight IOW-5960A5, where it is described as: A corroded uniface Anglo-Gallic coin weight of probable fifteenth or sixteenth century date. The flan is hexagonal and one side has two circular depressions, side by side and conjoined. Each depression contains a fleur de …
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-04FAF9
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy casket key dating from the Medieval period, from the late 12th to the early 14th century. The bow is circular above a cylindrical collar delineated with grooves on either side where it joins the shank, which is solid and oval shaped in cross section. The bit extends from the terminal end of the shank. Two clefts are cut out of the bit on either side, creating a worn H shape. The end of the shank is solid and pointed. A similar key can be seen in Read (2016) on p.76, no.539, which is dated from the late 12th to the early 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-7571D6
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy book clasp of Howsam Type A.3 which is referred to as 'hooked fishtail'. The clasp has a flat hook at one end projecting from a transverse rectangular plate leading to a tapering shaft with a flared trefoil terminal like a fish tail at the other end. There is a single rivet hole at the trefoil end with a rivet still in place. The front face of the clasp is decorated with wavy rouletted lines down the length of the clasp and two lines of rouletting across the rectangular end plate. The reverse of the clasp is flat and plain. Howsam states that the Type A.3 clas…
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2020
Last updated: Sunday 1st March 2020
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Record ID: CORN-71C94E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast and enamelled copper alloy heraldic horse harness pendant dating from the Medieval period, c.1250-1300. A shield shaped pendant with a square top and with the sides curving round to meet in a point at the base. At the top of the shield the attachment loop is formed from a tapering projection which bends over at right angles to the pendant to form a circular loop. The shield is decorated with a design of a double-headed eagle with outstretched wings and a trifoliate tail inlaid with red enamel. Traces of blue enamel suggest that the background of the design was blue. A very…
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-7173DC
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast and enamelled copper alloy, shield-shaped, heraldic harness pendant dating from the Medieval period (c.1250-1400). An integral cast suspension loop is located at the centre of the upper edge of the pendant and is broken.The loop is set at an angle of 90 degrees to the plane of the pendant. The front face of the pendant is decorated with a pattern of alternating azure blue enamel and possibly light green (vert) or silver (argent) squares in a chequered pattern (checky in heraldic terms). Only the blue squares have survived. Across the chequered pattern, in the middle of the pendan…
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: CORN-240793
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy pilgrims badge, dating from the 15th century. The badge is figurative, depicting a standing figure of a bishop holding up a crozier in one hand and with the other hand raising two fingers in blessing. The figure is wearing a mitre or pointed headdress and robes that are draped. To the left of the standing figure are three smaller kneeling figures receiving the blessing, each with their hands raised and clasped. The badge probably represents St Nicholas. In the centre on the reverse is an integral pointed lug which would have attached the badge to a garment.…
Created on: Thursday 12th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
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Record ID: CORN-2365C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half groat of Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty period (1351-61), Series C (1351-1352) with closed C and E, R with wedge-shaped tail, Lombardic M and the annulet stops in the legend, initial mark Cross 1 (1351-1352). London mint. Cf. Spink (2008) p.163, no.1574
Created on: Thursday 12th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-8F13F4
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy lozenge-shaped stud or tack with a single integral attachment lug on the back. The mount is square with a projecting knop in each corner, one of which has broken off. The face of the mount is decorated with a circle of moulded pellets surrounding what appears to be a human head and shoulders, a bust, but seen the other way up could be a vase with a round body and and a triangular mouth. Small mounts like this are said to be more likely to be dress ornaments, but might also be mounts from leather straps or even small items of furniture. Read (2016) illus…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Sunday 8th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-8EB526
Object type: TAP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy barrel tap of late Medieval or early Post-medieval date. It comprises an openwork handle or key at the top of a shouldered cylindrical stem which fits into the body of the tap leading to the spout. Internally (not visible because the stem is still attached to the spout) there will be a circular perforation through the stem, so that as the tap is turned on, the perforation lines up with the pipe that leads to the liquid supply and allows it to flow through. The handle is flat and has a central vertical bar ending in a projecting knop, delineated …
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Sunday 8th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-FB241A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver long cross penny of Edward II (1307-1327), Class 11b1, with a broken ornament to the left of the central fleur and a pellet on the breast on the obverse, and the E with an angular back in the obverse legend, dating from c.1310-c.1314, London mint. North 2000, page 36, no.1060/3(b); Withers 2006, pp.38-39, Class 11b1.
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 21st December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-68D492
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver voided long cross cut half penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Long cross coinage (1247-1272), Class IIIa (1248-1250). The legend begins at 12 o'clock, which places it within Classes I - IVb, and the moneyer is Willem and the mint is Northampton (NORh), and Willem was moneyer in Northampton when coins from Class IIa and IIIa-c were produced. The coin has been cut down the middle of the king's head, preserving the right side and the inscription hENRICVS, with the N and R ligated. The reverse carries the first three letters of the moneyer's name WIL and the last three letters of th…
Created on: Thursday 21st November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-681650
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Penny of Edward III (1327-1377), Durham mint. It appears to belong to the Pre-Treaty Series G (1356-1361), listed in Wren (1995) p.94 as a variety listed by Lawrence for Durham which has large annulet stops in the obverse legend and an annulet on each shoulder. The legend on the obverse is EDWARDVS REX ANGLI and on the reverse is CIVITAS DVIIELmIE, with a crozier before the C of CIVITAS. The initial mark is Wren's Cross 3. The 'N' is formed of two II and the 'm' is Lombardic. The X in REX is illegible. The coin is generally in good condition with a section of the edge missing.
Created on: Thursday 21st November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D692F7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A square copper alloy heraldic pendant from a Medieval horse harness. The pendant is decorated on the front face with a central trident with a lion rampant on the right side facing an animal with a pointed nose and plumed tail, like a fox rampant, on the other side of the trident, against a background of raised dots. The edge and the bottom corner on the left side is missing making it difficult to define the animal. The back of the pendant is flat and undecorated. At the top of the pendant is a cast suspension loop at 90 degrees to the face of the pendant with an aperture that is 2 mm…
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D60FF9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver short cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Short cross coinage (1216-1247), Class VIIb2 (c.1229-1232). The moneyer is LEDVLF, who was moneyer for this class in London. This coin has been bent over something, has a crack down the middle and is very worn, but the beginning of the inscription on the reverse and the name of the moneyer is clearly visible. Mass (2001) pl.76, no.2035.
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D4E587
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Class 4c (1283-1286) with a trifoliate crown with the side fleurs widely spread and a nick in the top of the band between the left fleur and the spearhead and a wide face. Canterbury mint.
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-440F84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfpenny, broken into three pieces, of Edward III (1327-1377), Second coinage (1335-1343), Star marked coinage, so-called because the legends on the obverse and the reverse have a six or eight pointed star in or at the end of each inscription. This example has a six pointed star after ANG on the obverse and another after DON on the reverse. Withers, 2002, p.21, Type 5(ii) with hollow eye sockets and six-pointed blobby stars and Ns are square blobs. Spink 1540A.
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-433F4A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut halfpenny of Edward IV, First and Second Reign (1461-1470 & 1471-1483), an Archiepiscopal issue of the Archdiocese of York. The obverse bears the right hand side of the king's head facing with a key to the right of the neck, no mark on the breast and the inscription EDWARD.The reverse inscription reads CIVI/[TAS/EBO]/RACI which indicates the mint was Eboraci (York). The reverse is very worn and the long cross and pellets have largely been rubbed away, and it is not possible to distinguish whether the cross has a quatrefoil in the centre as would be expected. The Archbishops…
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 9th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-8759DA
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla of Medieval date, c.1350-1500. The body of the ampulla is circular with an elongated rectangular neck extending from one edge, resembling a leather bag. The remains of two attachment loops project to either side of the neck where it meets the body. The opening at the top of the neck has been pinched shut. Traces of decoration can be seen on the surfaces of the body of the ampulla. On one side there is a raised crown above the letter W similar to examples illustrated in the Salisbury Museum Medieval catalogue Part 4, p.305, fig.78, nos.298-299…
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-86D20F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny, severely clipped all round and very worn, probably an Irish penny of Edward IV (c.1470-78). No inscriptions visible owing to the clipping. The obverse has a crowned bust with upright later crown, large round eyes, short thin hair and a simple neck with potentially marks by the crown, but it is too worn to be sure, Spink S6323.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
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