Record ID: CORN-936BD4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy probable strap end of probable Roman to Medieval date, (c. AD 43 - 1500). It is rectangular in plan and tapers slightly towards a rounded terminal. There is a worn transverse break at the wider rectilinear end.  There is no visible evidence of any attachment points remaining, these were probably situated above the break.  It has a smooth, dark brown patina and is undecorated. Measurements: Length, 30.59mm; Width (rectilinear end), 7.05mm; Width (rounded end), 5.48mm; Thickness, 2.74mm; Weight, 2.40g.  There are simila…
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
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Record ID: CORN-D5C6CF
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified incomplete, cast, copper-alloy object of possible Roman date (c. AD 43-410). It is possibly a pin or part of a cosmetic or toilet article such as a nail cleaner or tweezers. The object is broadly cylindrical, being sub-rectangular in plan and circular in cross-section. It is bent or curved at the thickest end, just below a worn break, and tapers to a sharp point. There appears to be evidence of moulded decoration along the length of the object. There are three thicker sections or ridges/collars with narrowed areas between. These are found at 11.43mm-19.98m…
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
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Record ID: CORN-AAFD35
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman finger ring, which has a faceted hoop, probably intended to be octagonal. The hoop widens towards one longer facet, which forms the bezel and has a rectangular sinking for a blue stone/glass inset. Date: Roman, AD 200- 300 Dimensions: Diameter (external - maximum), 18.94mm; Diameter (internal), 15.64mm; Length from top of bezel to back of hoop (external), 14.82mm; Length from top of bezel to back of hoop (internal), 10.98mm; Width of bezel, 5.63mm; Thickness of hoop, 2.52mm; Weight: 2g Discussion: Martin Henig (pers. comm 12/04/2023) has confirmed that this fing…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ogbourne St. Andrew', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-118201
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy nummus of uncertain ruler, possibly Valens (AD 364-378) (Reece Period 19). SECVRITAS REPVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left possibly holding a wreath. OF II in reverse field. Mint of Arl. Measurements: Diameter, 16.59mm; Thickness, 1.83mm; Weight, 1.91g. 
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 29th May 2023
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Record ID: CORN-E06774
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy heraldic shield-shaped mount or plaque (c. 1200-c. 1450). The mount is slightly curved in profile and there is damage and some distortion with the lower part missing. The face of the mount consists of a lion rampant queue forchee (forked tail). The lack of tincture makes it tricky to attribute any further. The reverse is undecorated. Harness pendants, mounts and similar equipment were in use from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with enamelled and heraldic types like this one predominating in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (Gr…
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th November 2021
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Record ID: CORN-6979A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272-1307), trifoliate crown and composite 'S' so Classes 1-3, London mint.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: CORN-68D68B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy half penny trade token of Lawrence Righton of Dorchester, Dorset, dated to 1669 on the reverse (Williamson, 1967, p.180, no.75).
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-689F03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, Reece period 17, dating from c.AD 330-335. VRBS ROMA type with reverse depicting she-wolf left suckling twins with two stars above on either side of a letter which is illegible and the mint letters in exergue are also missing so that cannot be determined.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-6667DE
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy cheekpiece from a bridle bit, flat in section, 6 mm thick, with Ringerike style decoration in the form of a curved stylised dragon or horse head with projecting crest, similar to a the coxcomb of a cockerel, of four points. The head is incised with a defined neck with linear borders and transverse chevrons, a large lentoid eye, with a ring-and-dot for the pupil and iris, and a flaring mouth with projecting tongue defined by engraved rocker-arm lines. This similar to examples of other Type 1 cheekpieces recorded in NMS-FABB83, NMS-040A25 a…
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 19th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-6607BD
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast Anglo-Scandinavian zoomorphic copper-alloy harness fitting, probably part of a cheekpiece, dating from the 11th century. There is a stylised engraving which appears to be a horses head and mane above two rounded projections. The complete end has a long bar that is D-shaped in section and is 7 mm wide and 5 mm in height, which then terminates in a raised and rounded knop, 8 mm in diameter. The opposite end has two broken projections surrounding a circular aperture, 9 mm in diameter. The rear is undecorated, but there are wear markings which possibly indicate the piec…
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 19th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-C2405A
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy 'Ship penny' jetton produced by Hans Schultes III in Nuremberg between 1608 and 1612. Mitchiner (1988) refers to his ship penny jettons on p.411, no.1, but does not illustrate an example and refers to Barnard (1981) who illustrates a very similar jetton on p.210, pl.XXIX, no.13, which according to Mitchiner is attributed to Hans Schultes III.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-C21C50
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver long cross penny of Henry V (1413-22), initial mark pierced cross, Series F, York mint with quatrefoil and pellet at centre of reverse, Spink 1788.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-C21754
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of a silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272-1307) Class 10ab (1300-1305), Durham mint with mistake in obverse legend EIWA instead of EDWA.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-C21477
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver long cross penny of Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty period (1351-1361), Series G with single saltire stops and saltire on breast (Wren, 1995, 93, g), York mint under Archbishop Thoresby (1356-1361), Spink 1606.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-C211EB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver long cross penny of Richard II (1377-1399), York mint, local dies with indistinguishable mark to right of crown and pellet above shoulder on left but too worn to make out other marks, Spink 1692.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-8B8C57
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 3 depicting a male human figure standing flanked by a pair of serpents entwined round the figures legs. The central naked male human figure is standing facing with his arms everted and legs slightly apart. The surface is worn and some of the detail is lost but the eyes, mouth and chin are visible, possibly with a moustache above the transverse groove of the mouth. Above the rounded head is a square apex loop with a circular perforation that is 3 mm in diameter. Below the man's round stomach is an M-shaped element which ex…
Created on: Sunday 30th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-B02E1C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Cnut (1016-1035), Pointed Helmet type (1024-1030), moneyer Leofwold, London mint, Spink 1158, North 787.
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Sunday 5th May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-9616F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny of Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Plain issue (1427-1430), Type P4 with initial cross fleury and double saltire stops and no extra marks, London mint. Cf. Withers, 2003, p.35, Type P4
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Sunday 9th December 2018
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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-45144D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Anglo Saxon disc brooch, incomplete, missing its catch plate and pin, but otherwise in excellent condition. The brooch is circular, cut from a piece of flat metal, and decorated with an equal armed cross with a ring and dot in the centre of the cross and at the end of each arm. The quadrants formed by the angle of each two arms of the cross are outlined with an incised line, and each quadrant is in-filled with punched dots. On the back of the brooch there is a strip of shiny silvery metal across the centre line, which must represent a line of solder where the pin mechan…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
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