Record ID: CORN-4394EB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy farthing trade token, very worn. The obverse has a shield with a coat of arms, possibly the tree and three wells denoting the City of Wells in Somerset. The token was found in the same area in Dorset as CORN-435F92, another trade token from Wells. The reverse bears what looks like the letters C W in the centre of the field, possibly under a crown but the edge of the token and its legends are missing. A similar item on the database is dated 1657 (SOM-5477BO) with the same initials and the same token with the crowned letters C W is listed after it in Williamson (196…
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-435F92
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century farthing trade token issued by the City of Wells in Somerset. The token is very worn but it is possible to see on the obverse a shield with a tree and three rectangular shapes representing the three wells on the city's coat of arms. The reverse is very worn but should show an elaborate crown above the letters C [W] for City of Wells. A very similar item on the database is dated 1657 (SOM-5477BO) with the same initials and the same token with the crowned letters C W is listed after it in Williamson (1967), p.993, nos.300-301.
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-428F78
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Henry V (1413-1422), probably Class C, York mint. A third of the coin is missing having broken off. The obverse bears a crowned head facing with a bifoliate crown and a mullet to the left of the crown. The inscription is [hENRIC DI] GRA [REX ANG]. The reverse has a long cross with three pellets in each quadrant and a quatrefoil in the centre. The inscription would have read CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI, but only the last four letters remain.
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-40565E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Faustina II, struck under Antoninus Pius (AD 145-61), Reece period 7, AVGVSTI PII FIL S C reverse type depicting Concordia draped, standing left, with right hand extended holding patera, cornucopia in left arm, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC Vol. IV, p.383, pl.53, fig.1, no.2198
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-3FFDCA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-26), dating from AD 321-3 (Reece Period 16), BEAT TRANQLITAS reverse type depicting a globe on an altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines with three stars above. Mint of London. [?] // PLON. RIC VII, p.114, cf. no. 275; Cloke and Toone, The London Mint, p. 268, cf. no. 9.05.025.
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
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Record ID: CORN-6D64E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut farthing of a voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Long cross coinage (1247-1272), Class III (1248-1250) from the position under the chin of the letters VS R from the legend hENRICVS REX and no hand or sceptre on the obverse; mint of London from the letters N LV on the reverse, which are part of the inscription ON LVND. This cut farthing was found in the same hole as a Scottish cut farthing of similar date recorded in CORN-6CD4C4.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Sunday 9th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-69EC61
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Class 4a (1282-1283), London mint. The crown is trifoliate, which places it in Classes 1-9. The obverse inscription is +EDW R'ANGL'DNS hYB, which eliminates Class 1a-c, as the contracted form EDW R began with Class 1d. The face is wide with long hair and the drapery at the neck is composed of two shallow wedges. The ornaments between the fleurs are spearheads, and there is a short beaded line above the forehead below the band of the crown. The S in CIVITAS is egg-waisted and there are large, comma-shaped contraction marks which suggests…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 8th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-44160E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy finger ring, probably Roman in date, consisting of a flat strip of metal bent into a penannular ring with both terminals narrowing to a point and overlapping slightly. The pointed ends suggest this could have been used as an earring, but they may also simply be narrowed to fit together when worn on the finger and penannular to allow for expansion. The ring may also been made from a broken fragment of a bracelet which are often penannular in the Roman period. The outer face of the hoop is decorated with three horizontal concentric grooves which converge towards the ends …
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-E32F13
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy buckle plate with a gilded front face, made of a piece of sheet metal folded over to fasten onto the bar of a buckle, with a semi-circular recess cut out to hold the pin. There are two copper alloy rivets set longtitudinally to fasten the buckle plate on to a leather strap, a fragment of which is still caught between the front and back plate. The plate itself is tapered from the buckle end and rounded at the opposite end. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar buckle plate with a tapered end on p.27, no.133, which is dated from c.1300-1500 Egan & Pritchard (20…
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Saturday 7th July 2018
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Record ID: CORN-E2BCD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage (1351-1377), Pre-Treaty Series C (1351-1352), with lombardic 'm', closed 'c' and 'e' and 'R' with wedge-shaped tail, initial mark Cross 1, annulet stops, crozier at end of cross arm before CIVI on reverse, Durham mint, Spink 1592.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Saturday 7th July 2018
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Record ID: CORN-E1FD25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward III (1327-1377), Third 'Florin' coinage (1344-1351), initial mark cross pattee (1334-1351), Class 4(I) with reverse-barred 'N' on obverse and lombardic 'n' on reverse. The coin has been bent in two then straightened at some point (not by the finder) and there is a ragged perforation at the edge of the coin to the left of the bust. The bust wears a bifoliate crown with sharply pointed triangular jewels between the fleurs. London mint. Spink 1546.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Saturday 7th July 2018
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Record ID: CORN-9E6AE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Langton Down strip brooch dating from the early Roman period, made of a strip of thin copper alloy sheet metal, folded into a tube at the top to hold the pin mechanism. Only one of the wings and the bow of the brooch survive with a tapering body with three broad parallel longitudinal grooves down the front face. The foot, catchplate, pin, spring mechanism and one of the wings are all missing. The brooch appears to have been coated in a black substance, perhaps burnt organic material having been part of a cremation burial, which has since rubbed off on the upstanding surface…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-9CC225
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy oval setting containing an opaque blue glass intaglio, with a trace of a red border around the edge of intaglio and a bevelled edge to the copper alloy frame. The red material is probably setters wax, made of shellac and turpentine or resin, which was used to hold the glass intaglio within the frame. There is a trace of white substance on the edges of the frame of the intaglio, perhaps lead solder. The intaglio depicts a bust of a head facing right. The image appears to be a male head wearing a wig with layers of curls, that is tied at the back of the head, and wit…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-01B309
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy radiate of Claudius II (AD 268-70) (Reece Period 13), VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing left with branch, spear and shield. Mint of Rome. Cunetio p. 134, no. 1969.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2017
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Record ID: CORN-FE8BC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of Constantius II (AD 337-61), dating to c. AD 355-61 (Reece Period 18), FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, soldier advancing left spearing fallen horseman. Constantius reigned as co-Augustus in the Asian provinces and Egypt from 340-350, then as sole Emperor from 350-361, excepting the usurpation of Magnentius in the west in AD 350-3. The reverse has a form of the soldier spearing a falling horseman, quite well modelled, of the FEL TEMP REPARATIO type (Cf. Reece & James, 1994, p.39, no.163).The horse is falling with its head down, and a row of…
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2017
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2017
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Record ID: CORN-A88D0D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver siliqua of the Emperor Arcadius (AD 383-408), Reece period 21, minted between spring AD 393 and September AD 394 at Milan, VIRTVS ROMANORVM reverse type depicting Roma seated left on a cuirass holding Victory on a globe in the right hand and an inverted spear in the left. The reverse mint mark is MDPS for Mediolanum or modern-day Milan. Cf. RIC IX, p.83, pl.VI, fig.13, no.32(b)
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2017
Last updated: Sunday 22nd April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-B097A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver uninscribed South-Western quarter stater of Duro Boat Bird type, minted by the Durotriges tribe (Rudd, 2010, p.112, no.2208) dating from c.58 BC onwards. The obverse design is 'three men in a boat', The reverse design is a stylised zig-zag thunderbolt with a Y-shaped object on either side of it and two other indeterminate shapes, but the one to the right is referred to as a bird by Van Arsdell (see below). Rudd ascribes this type to the Durotriges tribe, whose territory was approximately the area covered more recently by Anglo-Saxon Wessex, centred on Maiden Castle and Dorchest…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2017
Last updated: Saturday 6th May 2017
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Record ID: CORN-AFE72A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver halfpenny of Henry V (1413-1422), initial mark pierced cross pattée, mint of London. An apostrophe and a single saltire divides hEnRIC and REX and a double saltire between REX and AnGL in the obverse legend, along with the broken annulets on either side of the hair, and a single saltire between CIVITAS and LOnDOn in the reverse legend indicates that this is Type 5b (i). Cf. North 1991, p.72, no.1409; Withers 2003, p.26, Type 5b (i)
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2017
Last updated: Saturday 6th May 2017
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Record ID: CORN-8C7FA4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver douzain, probably of Henry III of France (1574-1589). The coin is in poor condition, partially encrusted with copper alloy corrosion, with a portion broken off, a piece of which is with the coin and another fragment is missing. There is a square shield on the obverse with an 'H' on either side, but it has not been stamped centrally, and the letters [HEN]RI[CV]S.II[I] D.G [FRA]N [ET] PO [REX] in the obverse legend in the right position for this type of coin. The reverse has a forked cross, which is notched and squared off, with alternating lis and crowns in each angle. The …
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 1st May 2017
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Record ID: CORN-8C4EC9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy incomplete forked spacer from a single loop buckle. The frame of the buckle would have been circular, judging from the curvature of the broken edge, although only a quarter of the circumference is still present. The forked spacer would have supported a pair of sheet metal plates which are also missing, as is the pin. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar forked spacer with a circular frame on page 37, no.217, which is dated from c.1350-1450.
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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