Record ID: CORN-87FA13
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman as, possibly of Flavian date (AD 69-96) possibly Vespasian (AD 69-79) or Titus (AD 79-81). Reverse type possibly depicting Spes standing or walking left holding flower and skirt. Unclear mint. cf. RIC II (2nd ed.), p. 101, no. 596 passim for the possible reverse type.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th January 2021
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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-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-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: CORN-0A8AD8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman radiate of Victorinus (AD 269-271), Reece period 13, INVICTVS reverse type depicting Sol running left, holding globe and whip with a star to the left of the figure, Gaul Mint I (probably Trier), Issue III, Second phase, Cunetio 2534, Normanby 1409.
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 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-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-DA90CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), possibly dating to the period c.AD 139. Unclear reverse type depictng a standing female figure left, possibly holding a crown, although the attributes in left hand are unclear. Mint of Rome. The initial record for this coin suggests the figure is holding a parazonium in left hand, in which case this could be a rare example of the SCYTHIA, S C type from Antoninus' crown series, cf. RIC III no. 588, however this is unclear given the preservation of the reverse type in particular. cf. also BMC IV p.191, pl.27, fi…
Created on: Thursday 18th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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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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