Record ID: CORN-2B76F7
Object type: HERALDIC DEVICE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete enamelled copper alloy heraldic mount, probably from a chest or casket. Half of the mount is missing. Quatrefoil in plan with shallower rounded projections between the four main petals. The mount is decorated on the front face with a central shield, probably originally halved and divided horizontally across 'per fess', as the arrowheads in the lower half are too stunted not to have extended into full-length arrows in the missing lower section, rather than being pheons. The two arrowheads are pointing left against a cross-hatched background. Above the arrows in the upper …
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-74E609
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sestertius of Faustina I (c.AD 141-161), Reece Period 7, AVGVSTA S C reverse type depicting Ceres holding corn ears and a short torch, pointing upwards but slightly to the right. The coin is very worn and has been heavily cleaned, so no details of the legends can be seen. Cf. RIC Vol.III, p.162, no.1117; BMC Vol. IV, p.242, pl.36, fig.4, no.1513.
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-73EBD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman sestertius, probably of Faustina II (c.AD 147-175), Reece period 8, mint of Rome, possibly FECVNDITAS reverse type depicting Fecunditas standing front, her head turned to right, holding vertical sceptre with her right hand and infant in her left. An example is illustrated in BMC IV, pl.73, fig.2.
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-7264B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small sub-circular copper alloy buckle of Early Medieval date, probably Saxon. The buckle frame is almost circular in plan and oval in section except for the narrower straight section which is the pin bar. There is no sign of a pin rest on the frame, but there is a slight ridge on either side of the inner face of the pin bar, clearly to hold a broad pin in place. The buckle is undecorated. The style seems to match most closely the shield pin type of brooch illustrated by Cuddeford (2001) on p.14, no.1 from West Stow, which is dated from c.AD 420-650. But other examples on the datab…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-717932
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver 2 reales of Felipe III (1598-1621) of Spain, possibly from the Grenada mint. The coin is heavily clipped all round the edge removing any trace of inscription. The obverse has two small shields, the upper one with five pellets and the lower one with a central longitudinal line, mounted on to a large shield of the arms of Spain, all within a double linear border, which divides it from the legend that is missing. The reverse has a plain cross with alternate lions and castles in the angles of the cross, all within a double tressure of arches. Similar examples from Gre…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2019
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Record ID: CORN-7105D5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end, tapering and flat in section, consisting of a piece of sheet metal folded over lengthways with an open end where the fitting would have been attached to the strap. One half of the attachment end is almost complete with a circular rivet hole in the centre of the widest point. The other half has broken off just below where the matching rivet hole would have been, although according to Egan and Pritchard (2002) p.130, the strap ends that were folded lengthways often only had one rivet hole to attach it to the strap. The terminal of the strap end has a small trefoi…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-705307
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An arm of a copper-alloy dagger guard (quillon) of Medieval date (c.1200-1400). The fragment includes the whole of one arm and half of the central rectangular aperture where the dagger blade would have fitted. The other arm has broken off. The arm is circular in section and tapers in width from the central block and then expands to form a terminal which is circular in shape when viewed from the end. It appears that the arm is formed of a core wrapped around by a covering of sheet metal, with an open seam line visible on one face. It is very similar to another example on the database …
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D7C58A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver clipped penny of Edward IV, first reign (1461-1470), Light coinage (1464-1470), initial mark long cross (1469-1470) minted at York under Archbishop George Neville (1465-1470), signified by the G to the left and a key to the right of the bust. Almost no part of the inscriptions are visible as the coin has been clipped all the way round, Spink 2063.
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2019
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D6B03C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth coinage (1351-1377), Transitional period (1361), initial mark cross moline, Durham mint, arms of reverse cross are too worn to see crozier. Spink 1614.
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2019
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D455B6
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Latten coin weight for a French silver quarter écu struck during the reigns of Henri III to Louis XIV (1586-1715) of France, square in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile, weighing 8.05 g. The obverse is quite corroded but appears to show an equal-armed cross with expanded arms that terminate in fleurs de lys, within two concentric beaded circles. The reverse has a series of Roman numerals and letters in three lines: V I I / D / V with three annulets to the right of the V and grouped as a trefoil in one corner. The VII refers to 7 and the D to deniers and for the number of grains in t…
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2019
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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-1B250D
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tin-plated cast copper alloy barley twist mouthpiece from a horse's two-piece snaffle bit. The bar has two incomplete loops at either end. The smaller loop, 21 mm in diameter, has one arm broken off completely, but the loop appears to have been intentionally penannular, with the ends smoothly pointed, while the other loop is heavier duty and is actually broken. This loop also has a groove created by wear across one surface of the loop, presumably where the bridle ring rubbed against the metal. The bar would have been attached to another matching bar at one end, forming the actual bi…
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-19C00C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy foot of a cauldron leg, broken off where it would have extended into the leg of the vessel. The foot is triangular in plan and profile, D-shaped in section, with a flat back, narrow at the top with three roughly cast oblique ribs running down the front face of the claw foot and expanding with the foot as it triangulates. The foot fans out and appears to have had ribs or borders at either edge where there is damage and wear. The base of the foot has cavities which may be originally from mis-casting and then have been worn through use so that only the front edge is stil…
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: CORN-191C23
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy flat discoidal weight of 103.3 g (3.64 ounces) or approximately a quarter of a pound in the avoirdupois system. The upper surface is stamped with the sword mark of London, a crowned A, the royal cypher of Queen Anne (1702-1714) and a figure of a standing angel with scales which represents the Plumbers' Company, who had the right to check and stamp lead weights in the City of London from 1588 onwards.
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-1870A3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy trade weight, round in plan and rectangular in profile with a raised square section rim on the front face and a flat back. The weight in grams is 25.6 which equates to nearly one ounce avoirdupois. Within the rim is engraved a circle surrounding a stamped design of a triple towered castle. Between the inner circle and the rim is a stamped A (standing for avoirdupois), a sword (the sword of St. Paul), an ewer (the mark of the Founders Company from 1826) and a crowned W, indicating the weight was produced in the reign of William IV (1830-1837). Explanations of the mark…
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-619F5B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut half of a short cross penny of Henry II (1154-1189), Class 1b (1180-1185), moneyer Gerard, York mint, Mass 552.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2019
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