Record ID: CORN-132899
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver tetradrachm of Alexander III (356-323 BC), posthumous issue dating to c. 311-305 BC. Mint of Babylon.  Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre Mintmark: MI and sickle - // monogram in wreath (under throne) Price M, J. , The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus (1991), p. 479, cf. no. 3768
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2022
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Record ID: CORN-04B420
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast and tinned copper alloy single loop buckle plate, undecorated, trapezoidal with concave sides and rounded front ending in a single lobed knop emerging from a V-shaped groove. It has a narrowed and recessed strap bar. The pin is missing but there is a trace of the base of the iron pin adhering to the strap bar. The back of the buckle is chamfered and slightly concave, and the reverse of the terminal knop is concave. There are patches of tinning on the upper face and underside of the buckle plate, suggesting it was tinned all over to make it look like silver. Whitehead (1996) illus…
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-919EEC
Object type: HANGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy sword belt hanger dating from the Post-medieval period, c.1600-1700. The hanger is a flat plate, roughly triangular in plan, 58.5 mm in width, 50 mm in height/length, 1 mm in thickness and 12.6 g in weight. The plate has been moulded in the form of a stylised thistle, its wider, lower section having two tricuspid floriate heads, with a trapezoidal space between them and the upper part with scalloped edges and a rounded base, representing the calyx of the flower. Above this is a projecting semi-circular hook, 20 mm long and 7 mm in diameter, for suspending the hange…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-7A4A8C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy spectacled or double looped buckle frame with only a small section of the corroded iron pin remaining attached to the strap bar. The buckle frame is formed from two D-shaped loops with rounded expanded outer edges, flanked by double pointed mouldings. The upper surface of these expanded edges has moulded rosette decoration. The reverse of the frame is flat. The strap bar is narrow, straight and trapezoidal in cross section with a flat reverse. A lobed knob projects from either end of the strap bar. There are traces of black lacquer, particularly around …
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-370544
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver short cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Class VIIb1 (1222-1229), London mint, moneyer Ilger. Ilger was moneyer of coins from class 5b to 7b, but the head and inner circle on the obverse are small and there are no stops in the reverse legend and the closest match is Mass 2030.
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th September 2019
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Record ID: CORN-93FF1B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy double-loop or spectacle oval buckle frame which has a flat base and a convex profile with bevelled inner edges so that it is D-shaped in section. There is a moulded rosette knop on the outer edge of each loop. The strap bar is narrowed and flush with the rest of the frame with a lobed knop at either end. The pin is missing but there is a lump of iron oxide wrapped around the pin bar so it was made of iron. There are traces of black lacquer on the upper surface and the back of the frame suggesting it was lacquered all over originally. Whitehead (1996) i…
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 13th June 2019
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Record ID: CORN-7EEAEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular buckle of late Medieval to early Post-Medieval date c.1450-1550. The double-looped annular frame is of a design known a rose buckle, being decorated in the form of a five petalled flower which varies between 28.5 and 25.5 mm in diameter and is 2.5 mm in thickness. Each petal has two lobes with incised decoration consisting of a border following the curved outer edge which frames several transverse lines radiating from it. The buckle has a strap bar 1.5 mm in width with the corroded remains of an iron pin attached. There are sections of the upper face of the…
Created on: Wednesday 5th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C1169A
Object type: RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Roman keeled type finger ring. A very similar example on the database from Berkshire BERK-7CCA74 is described as Henig Type VIII (Henig, 1974), as is another from the Ashmolean ASHM-A41266. The finger ring has a moulded undecorated solid raised oval bezel that is 7 mm long, 6 mm wide and 2 mm in height. The bezel is smooth but may have been intended for incised decoration as there is no evidence of any settings. The hoop is D-shaped in section, 3 mm thick at the shoulder and 2 mm thick at the base of the hoop, with an internal diameter of 13-15 mm. The sho…
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2019
Last updated: Saturday 23rd February 2019
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Record ID: CORN-505A5F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hooked mount from a sword belt dating from the Post-medieval period c.1500-1600. The object is one of the three hooked mounts that would have been suspended from a larger mount riveted to a belt. The hooked mount has foliate decoration and a single hook which terminates in a spherical knop that is 5 mm in diameter. The attachment plate of the hook is leaf shaped with small foliate knops at either side just below the hook and at the other end there are two semi-circular cut outs which lead into two larger knops on either side of a pointed knop creating a trefoil termi…
Created on: Sunday 20th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
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Record ID: CORN-C2295D
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and encrusted copper-alloy English arcuate cross type jetton dating from the Medieval period. Obverse: six-petalled rosette obscured by corrosion product within an inner ring of pellets with outer border of symbols like ( ) where legend would be Reverse: Double stranded bow-shaped (arcuate) cross fleury within a ring of pellets with outer border of symbols like rosettes where the legend would be Mitchiner (1988) illustrates a similar English jetton with a petalled rosette on the obverse and an arcuate cross fleury on the reverse, produced in England in the second h…
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9A776B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy skillet or posnet leg with a mounded bulbous transverse collar above a slightly everted foot which is designed to look like a hoof. The foot is sub-rectangular in plan, triangular in profile and plano-convex in section, with a flat back at 90 degrees to the base. The upper edge is broken where it has been severed from the rest of the leg. There are patches of burnt organic material on the back and sides of the foot which would have adhered to the surface when the vessel was near the fire. This is similar to record PUBLIC-117E1D. Length 45 mm, width 25…
Created on: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-E84D34
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy stud or tack, sexfoil in plan with moulded decoration in the form of a three-layered fleuret with six small petals around a central circle and then six larger petals emanating from these and alternating with six lobed leaves within six arches that are meant to represent more petals underneath, alternating with six knops which form the border at the edge of the stud. The corroded base of shank on the back of the stud may be the remains of a separate iron rivet as it is covered in iron corrosion product so it is hard to see if this is another piece of metal as most of …
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-3159DC
Object type: LATCHLIFTER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An cast copper alloy oval plate with a smooth flat upper surface and one slightly flattened end, ressembling the thumb piece on a latch. The underside of the disc has a square section peg, 4 mm thick and 10 mm long, descending from the centre of the flattened end and a pivot mechanism in the centre of the disc. The pivot mechanism is a semi-circular disc with a hole through the middle where the axial pin would have gone, held in place on either side of the pivot with thin sheets of metal, now largely broken away. The remainder of the iron pin is still visible in the hole in the pivot …
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
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Record ID: CORN-0EAC18
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the rim of a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel or cauldron. The edge of the rim is internally bevelled so that it is flush with the exterior but stepped on the interior, with a triangular profile, which is 7 mm thick before tapering to 4 mm below. The fragment has a layer of burnt black organic matter on the exterior, but a series of fine, parallel scratches at an angle of about 45 degrees to the rim cut through this layer, suggesting that they are post-deposition. The inner surface is smooth and flat, with some burnt organic matter trapped under the bevelled ridge that pr…
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: CORN-0EA543
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment from the body of a cauldron. All of the edges are broken and uneven and the shallow curve of the wall suggests a large cauldron with a diameter of about 380 mm, that might hold about 7 gallons. The interior of the fragment is smooth and unencrusted. Much of the exterior is covered in a layer of burnt organic matter but has a very fine granular texture, suggesting a date of manufacture of the end of the 17th century, or later. Across the outer surface of fragment is a raised decorative band or 'wire' in the casting, that is 3 mm wide. Below this is an elo…
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: CORN-0E8A0A
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy open-topped thimble or sewing ring, now sub-circular in plan as the sides have come together, and rectangular in profile. The surface is corroded and has some iron staining on the exterior, and the circumferences of both the upper and lower edges are damaged but preserve short sections of the original edges: 8 mm on the lower edge and 2.5 mm on the upper edge. The outer face has been hand punched with four rows of irregularly-spaced circular pits or indentations. Egan (2005) on page 132, fig.126, no.648 illustrates a similar sewing ring from Fastolf Place, Southwar…
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-9934B3
Object type: SIEVE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a sheet copper alloy sieve or strainer, irregular in plan with all of the edges broken and uneven, but originally part of a circular object. Five complete, circular piercings remain, all between 2 and 2.5 mm in diameter. Remnants of at least four more piercings are visible around the edges and it appears that the piercings radiate form a central area and that their is a curved perimeter. The piercings appear to have all been punched from one face and the opposite inside face has black organic matter on the surface suggesting that it was probably used as part of a kitchen i…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
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Record ID: SUR-B4EFF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Spanish coin, 4 Reales, Phillip IV (1621-1665), dated 1637. Crowned Spanish shield, vertical mint mark of single arched aqueduct (Segovia) in field to left of shield, and value IIII (vertical) in field to right of shield. Obverse: Shield with crown, HISPANIARVM REX 1637 Reverse: Potent cross in quatrefoil, PHILLIPVS.II(II).D.G Found on beach.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Record ID: CORN-AC8EDC
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy skillet leg and foot. The leg is oval in section where it is broken, 43.5 mm in length, 30 mm in width, 14.2 mm thick and 85.2 g in weight. The fragment has parallel sides and is slightly thickened at the foot end, which is damaged and worn. There is a slightly raised central rib on the convex outer face, ending in a possible claw, with smaller, rounded claws on either side, but most of the foot has worn away. The inner face is flat but pitted and corroded. The broken upper end is slightly flared probably from when it was sheared off of the rest of th…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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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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