Record ID: CORN-B1B161
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy pendant 'chess-piece' seal matrix with a hexagonal (in section) handle and missing half of its suspension loop. The die or seal face has a central device of a fleur de lys within an inner circle of pellets, surrounded by the letters in the legend, starting with a six-pointed star: *PRIVE SV. meaning 'I am private' in French, within a border of pellets at the edge. The die is well cut with the central device oriented correctly to the start of the inscription, both of which are clear and legible. The body of the matrix consists of a pedestal formed …
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-B19EC0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy side-looped Transitional Type Shelf, Midribbed Variant palstave, missing its stop ridge and butt end, dating from the Penard (c.1275-1150 BC) phase or perhaps a Late Palstave, Type Silsden, dating from the Wilburton phase (c.1150-1020 BC) of the Middle Bronze Age. The palstave has a straight sided blade with the sides almost parallel and very little expansion towards the cutting edge which is 29 mm in width, with one corner of edge missing. There is a wide central rib on each face of the blade that is about 47 mm in length on both sides and 11 mm in width,…
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-AD8471
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of Valentinian I (AD 364-375), Reece Period 19, GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type depicting Emperor, advancing right, dragging captive, left, in his right hand and holding standard in his left hand, right., minted in Arles in the second workshop (OH II) in the First Period (CONST) which dates from AD 364-367. Cf. RIC Vol.IX, pp.57, no.ii(b) & 64, no.7(a).
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-ACE0E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337) dating from c.AD 307-318, Reece period 15, SOLI INVICTO-COMITI reverse type depicting Sol standing left, holding a whip in the right hand and a globe in the left with chalmys across left shoulder, mint of Arles or Arelatum, dating from AD 313-315. Cf. RIC VII, p.237, no.40.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-77D8C7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete pottery vessel, circular in plan and ovoid in profile, with a pointed base with a 'nipple' terminal and at the opposite end, broken at the base of the neck and handle which is now missing along with the neck, spout and rim. The neck is circular in section and 17 mm in diameter externally at the break, with an aperture that is 8 mm in diameter. The handle is round in section and 18 mm in diameter at the break. The vessel is decorated with comb-impressed chevrons that have the apex at the top, running vertically down the vessel in six rows, alternating between wider chevrons …
Created on: Monday 28th October 2019
Last updated: Saturday 1st February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-DA5E2B
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint notched blade dating from the earlier Neolithic period (c.4000-3300 BC). The blade is 83 mm in length, 29 mm in width, 7.6 mm in thickness and weighs 19.35 g. A tertiary flake, with no cortex remaining, a remnant of the striking platform and the point of percussion are clearly visible at the proximal end. The ventral face displays a prominent bulb of percussion with associated bulbar scar and with the shallow conchoidal ripples continuing to the distal end, resulting in a flat face. The dorsal face bears the parallel scars of removal of at least three earlier blades from the o…
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-DA457C
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked mount from a sword belt. The mount is an elongated shield shape in plan, with a straight top and convex sides: 36.5 mm in length, 22 mm in width and 1.7 mm in thickness. Above this is an open-ended suspension loop or hook 11 mm in length and 3 mm in thickness. The total weight of the pendant is 9.05 g. There is damage to the top left and lower right margins of the shield. The surfaces of the mount are corroded but some elements of a design are visible. The shield is divided into two by a diagonal band 6 mm wide, sloping down from left to right. The heraldic …
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-DA3854
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Medieval copper-alloy composite strap end (c.1300-1500). The item is 25 mm in length, 15 mm maximum width, 1 mm maximum thickness and 2.35 g in weight. The strap end is made of two thin copper-alloy plates of which only a small section of one remains at the proximal end. The other plate has been broken obliquely across the width of the strap end close to a copper-alloy rivet which would have fastened the two plates together around the strap. The rivet close to the break is 2 mm in diameter and 2 mm long and well preserved and is slightly bevelled and polished at its tip sugg…
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-DA32B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy D-shaped single-looped strap-end buckle with plate. The whole buckle is 45 m long, 24 mm wide, 4.7 mm in height and 3 mm in thickness, and is plain and undecorated. The single-looped frame is rectangular in section and 24 mm long, 17 mm wide, 4.7 mm deep and 1.5 mm in thickness, The rectangular plate is 30 mm in length and 14. 5 mm in width and consists of a strip of metal 0.5 mm thick which has been folded around the strap bar. The total weight is 6.65 g. The folded plate was secured to the strap by two rivets close to its open end with the remnants of the coarse,…
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-854D0B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Edward IV, Second Reign (1471-1483), initial mark rose (1477-1480), Canterbury mint under Archbishop Bourchier with a C on the breast on the obverse and in the centre of the reverse; clipped all round but otherwise good condition, Spink 2107.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-843502
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver groat of Henry VII (1485-1509), new bust Type 3, issued between 1493-1498 (Buck, 2000, 49). About a third of the coin has broken off, including the initial marks. The coin has saltire stops on both the obverse and reverse inscriptions, trefoils on all the cusps but no marks by or on the neck on the obverse.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-1F8703
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman finger ring with a hoop that is D-shaped in section and in profile, with a flat sub-rectangular bezel. The bezel is decorated with a raised figure of Mars, helmeted, with a spear in his right hand and resting on a shield to the right with his left hand, all within a raised oval border. The bezel is 13 mm long and 7.3 mm wide and 1 mm thick. The ring is 20.4 mm in diameter and 19 mm in height and the hoop is 3 mm thick and 6 mm wide at the shoulder. The finger ring weighs 2.55 g. The finger ring likely belongs to Henig's (1974) Type III with a flat bezel and D-s…
Created on: Saturday 12th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-F37D9F
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hoard of three silver sixpences of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) and one sixpence of James I (1603-1625), dating from 1561 to 1605. 1. Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third and Fourth Issue (1561-1577), mintmark pheon (1561-1565), large bust 3D, large flan (inner beaded circle 19 mm diameter), dated to 1561 on the reverse, Spink 2559. Obverse description: large bust 3D facing left with rose behind head Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G AN FRA ET HIB REGINA Reverse description: square shield over long cross fourchee with 1561 abover shield Reverse inscri…
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Sunday 22nd March 2020
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Record ID: CORN-E6B1CC
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy sword belt fitment or hanger in the form of two shield-shaped strap-end mounts with a vine foliage pattern consisting of two fronds, on either side of a central stem and vine leaf, and two vines reaching up in an arc and intertwining into a heart shape. The mounts have three rivets, to attach to the slings that supported the sword scabbard, and hooks to attach to the two loops of the belt bar which is also decorated with vine a foliage pattern of scrolls and sprigs and has three rivet holes with one copper alloy rivet remaining intact. One of the mounts has broken of…
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-9D92A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut half of a voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Class IIIc (1248-1250) with pellet to left of curls opposite colon between REX:III, moneyer Adam, Oxford mint, now in two pieces due to fragility.
Created on: Sunday 6th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-9CD9A3
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy casket key with a flat circular bow, that is 14 mm in diameter, and circular perforation that is 6 mm in diameter. The hollow stem, which is 22 mm in length, is lozenge-shaped in section and expands slightly towards the tip which is open. The bit is formed by an anvil-shaped rectangular terminal with semi-circular sections cut away, and extends below the stem to a length of 7 mm. The original surface of the key survives in the most part with patches where it has corroded away. From the size of the key and the presence of a hollow shank it is likely that the key would…
Created on: Sunday 6th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-9CD346
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy single-loop buckle of Post-medieval date (c.1500-1650), D-shaped in plan and in section, missing its pin around the strap bar. From the rounded and slightly splayed feet attached to the strap bar, the frame narrows along its edges, before flaring slightly and forming a flattened and expanded rounded outer edge and straight inner edge to the loop. The inner edge has an expanded waist where there is a recessed lip and groove which acts as the pin rest. The narrowed strap bar is recessed from the frame and is square in cross-section. Most of the original surf…
Created on: Sunday 6th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4C58B4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy gilt fragment of perhaps a harness or scabbard mount in the form of a bird with a pointed beak at one terminal opposite a pointed wing following the curve of the back of the beast. The two projections at the bottom of the beast may represent an incomplete leg and body which have worn to curved edges but may have extended into part of the mount that could have been attached to a leather strap. The front face of the mount is decorated with a high-relief animal motif with a U-shaped element below the raised round eye, which is now black but may have originally had red en…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4C4677
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tinned cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame with oval, almost heart-shaped loops in plan which are D-shaped in section with steep internal bevelled edges. There are trefoil mouldings divided by two deep grooves on the outer edge of each loop and either side of the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and trapezoidal in section and the pin is missing. There are patches of tinning on the upper face and on the back of the frame, but the surface is quite pitted form corrosion. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on p.64, no.396, which is dated from c.1550-1650.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4C3576
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy skillet or posnet foot, in the form of a 'hoof' with a worn central longitudinal rib. The foot is trapezoidal in plan, rhomboidal in profile and plano-convex in section with a tapering broken upper edge which suggests a thin leg for a small vessel. The break is below what would have been a wider transverse collar before tapering again and extending into the leg. There are patches of black organic material still adhering to the surface of the leg, which were burnt on when the skillet was standing near the fire. Butler and Green (2003) illustrate a s…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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