Record ID: CORN-0F35D4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cordoned rim sherd from a large jar of Roman date (c. 100-300 AD) with a rolled rim and larger applied cordon, immediately beneath it, with a groove between to define the cordons. The sherd is a bright orangey colour throughout and the surfaces have been oxidised. The fabric contains mica, felspar and augite inclusions, which suggests that it is made from gabbroic clay, originating from the Lizard. The clay may have been made more iron-rich in order for the jar to look more like the terracotta colour of the Roman imports at the time. Romano-British in form. Carlyon (1987) illustrates …
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2016
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Record ID: CORN-22A3B1
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd from a bowl with a 'Cornish flanged' (Quinnell, 2004, p.124) rim. The flange below the rim is rounded and made of an added strip which has been applied to the body of the bowl. The angle of the flange is at about 90 degrees from the rim of the bowl. Above the flange is a recessed groove which helps to define it from the rim. The fabric is is a light orangey brown colour throughout and contains mica, felspar and augite inclusions, which suggests that it is made from gabbroic clay, originating from the Lizard. The exterior surface has been black-coated and then burni…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4BDCA1
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of the upper stone of a greisen rotary quern, semi-circular in plan and plano-convex in profile and section. The upper surface shows the remains of a central hopper or recess, and a wedge-shaped aperture at one end which was part of the socket for slotting a wooden handle into the stone quern. The handle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The break beyond the socket, an obvious weak spot, looks more recent as it is not too abraded. The diameter of the …
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4C0E82
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Large weathered granite lower stone or base of a rotary quern with a central hole for a wooden spindle to hold it to the upper stone of the rotary quern which would have also been perforated centrally. The spindle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The stone is about 530 mm in diameter and about 100 mm thick at the eye which is 60 mm in diameter and a complete perforation. Such perforations may have enabled the spindle to have been fixed to a lever set beneath …
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
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Record ID: CORN-4C2AE3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the lower stone of a weathered granite rotary quern with a central hole for a wooden spindle to hold it to the upper stone of the quern which would have also been perforated centrally. The spindle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The upper stone is now broken into two pieces, and the larger piece is also pictured here. The diameter of the larger piece is about 290 mm and the height about 80 cm, and the diameter of the eye or hole about 30 mm. T…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4C36F3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the upper stone of a greisen rotary quern, semi-circular in plan and plano-convex in profile and section. The upper surface shows the remains of a central hopper or recess, and a wedge-shaped aperture at one end which was part of the socket for slotting a wooden handle into the stone quern. The handle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The break at one end of the fragment looks more recent as it is not too abraded. This quern fragment was found …
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-F4C747
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of the upper stone of a weathered granite rotary quern with a small central hole for a wooden spindle to hold it to the lower stone of the quern which would have also been perforated centrally. The spindle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The diameter of the sotne is about 350 mm and the height about 70 cm, and the diameter of the eye or hole about 20 mm. The granite is medium grained and has weathered so that its softer inclusions of felspars have wo…
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-744206
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Republican legionary denarius of Mark Antony, c.32-31 BC, travelling mint, RRC 544/26 Stamped with an 'N' on the obverse which is a banker's mark. Were it an imperial or official countermark it would be a punched die (Sam Moorhead pers comm). This coin likely came in with the Roman army during the 1st century AD. However, Mark Antony denarii are known to have remained in circulation until the 3rd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-748DB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brass sestertius of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus (c.AD 161-180), Victory holding shield on trunk of palm tree with VIC PAR on shield, 2nd issue, c.AD 166; BMC 1290; RIC 934-5 This coin was struck to celebrate the Roman victory over the Parthian army in the East (note VIC PAR on the shield). The Romans even reached the Parthian capital Ctesiphon, in modern Iraq, which they sacked in AD 165. This coin is square in shape and would have come from a square blank clipped from a rectangular row of blanks, which was common way of producing sestertii in the 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-673973
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch with twisted wire extensions for wings and a circular rivet hole between the extensions, at the head of the brooch, possibly for a head stud. The pin is missing but part of the catchplate remains at the base of the bow. Camerton B Colchester derivative (Sally Worrell pers comm) 1st century AD (Dr. J.D. Hill pers comm) Olivier in Barrett et al. (2000), illustrates similar examples, with applied rivets, from Cadbury Castle, on page 140, Nos. 37-8, which date from c.AD 43-70 (Sally Worrell pers comm). Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar C…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-851F46
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a silver radiate (antoninianus) of Gordian III (238-244), SAECVLI FELICITAS, mint of Antioch, c.AD 242-243; RIC IV, part III, 216
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-85A672
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd of a Samian ware vessel, very worn with no slip remaining so that it is difficult to determine whether it was from a plain Samian vessel or not. Roman period.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-929E07
Object type: NECKLACE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CORONER'S REPORT Description of Object A broken and distorted component of Roman gold jewellery, probably a necklace link. The fragment comprises a parallel-sided band, made from thin gold sheet, fractured at one end and with a double-eyed fastening loop at the complete end. Following breakage the fragment was bent back on itself, first the looped end then the broken end, the latter resulting in a partial tear. Denting of one rim may have occurred concurrently or subsequent to the ancient damage. The band has a front (outer) face and a back (inner) face. The latter display…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2013
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Record ID: CORN-C4B176
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a silver denarius of Augustus (27 BC - AD 14). Obverse legend similar to RIC Vol. 1, Plate 2, No.79b. Obverse similar to BMC Vol. 1, Plate 6, No.8 or No.14. Reverse similar to BMC Vol. 1, Plate 5, No.7.
Created on: Saturday 23rd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C5AA67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver radiate of Tetricus I (271-274), possibly VICTORIA AVG
Created on: Saturday 23rd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-3D25F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver radiate of Postumus (AD 260-269), FELICITAS AVG, Lugdunum, Cunetio 2411, RIC V (ii) 58
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-3DEED0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Base silver radiate dating from the reigns of Gallienus to Allectus, c.AD 260-296. Only an unclear radiate bust right is visible.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: CORN-3E4D65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman sestertius, probably of Faustina I (AD 138-161), dating to the period c.AD 138-140 (Reece period 7). Probably VENERI AVGVSTAE, S C, reverse type depicting Venus standing left holding apple and drawing up robe from shoulder. Mint of Rome. cf. RIC III, no. 1082; BMV IV no. 1123.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
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Record ID: CORN-3E9D64
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brass dupondius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161)
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-3EB0D8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a brass dupondius, 1st or 2nd century AD, as it was found in association with other Roman coins, but the edges are not corroded as they usually are for this date, and the coin looks potentially milled to the recorder.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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