Record ID: CORN-F6BDEC
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy MIddle Bronze Age early short-flanged axehead, developing from a flat axe to a palstave with low side flanges and only a slight stop ridge. The side flanges are leaf-shaped in profile and damaged but their highest point is in line with the slight stop ridge which runs across the width of the axehead above the 'septum' or recessed area between the flanges. This ridge would have stopped the wooden haft from shifting on to the septum and the side flanges would have stopped any sideways movement and would help to bind the haft to the axehead. The undecorated septu…
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: CORN-EF36FD
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy blade from a socketed axehead that is square in plan, triangular in profile and lozenge-shaped in section. The blade is narrow with straight sides with no suggestion of flanging and the cutting edge is rounded and blunt, though severely affected by corrosive pitting. The broken end of the blade still has the end of the socket which would have expanded within the axehead as the blade developed into the body and the collar at the opposite terminal. The socket is 21 mm long, 3 mm wide and 3 mm deep. The socket, when complete, would have held the wooden haft or handle of …
Created on: Sunday 20th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: CORN-6C605C
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy flat axehead, sub-rectangular in plan and section and triangular in profile, with a rounded end and broken edge where it is missing its blade and more than half of the axe so that just the butt end remains. The fragment tapers towards the butt end which is rounded off and widens towards the broken edge which has been chiselled off, perhaps in order to re-use the fragment for something else. The axehead would have continued to expand into a triangular flat blade which is now missing. There is no evidence of any form of incised or cast decoration present o…
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: CORN-60E6C4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead with defined slightly raised collar and the remains of a sideloop below it, faceted edges to the sides of the axe and a flanged blade. The collar is incomplete but the side that survives is about 20 mm long and shows that it flanges outwards slightly and would have had a rolled edge. The two base sections of the side loop that remain at either end are cruciform in section and are now worn smooth. The blade is triangular in plan and profile and the socket is sub-rectangular in section. The casting seams on the sides of the axe have been file…
Created on: Sunday 18th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
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Record ID: CORN-A8B02F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman sestertius, possibly of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period c.AD 117-138 (Reece period 6). Illegible reverse type. Unclear mint. The bust type is unclear but appears most plausibly of Hadrian although an earlier date range cannot be ruled out entirely. 
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2022
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Record ID: CORN-87C1E1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double-edged socketed curved knife. The blade is tongue-shaped in plan and curved in section. The socket is cone-shaped in plan and in profile and square in section with a moulded ridge around the base of the socket. The casting seams remain on either side of the socket. The patina is good, but there has been some previous corrosion which has been professionally removed. There is also a faint mark in ink along one of the seams which may be an accession number or site reference, possibly LINC or LNC. The blade is 73 mm long, 22.5 mm wide and 3 mm thick and the socket i…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
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Record ID: CORN-A90462
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman probable as or dupondius of unclear type, dating to the period c.AD 41-260. Unclear reverse type depicting a standing female figure left. Unclear mint, probably Rome. 
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
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Record ID: CORN-F4C163
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blade fragment of a Ewart Park type sword dating from the Late Bronze Age. It joins number 3 of Hoard 1 (allowing for corrosion).
Created on: Sunday 5th October 2003
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Erth parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-D09CC1
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hoard of 30 Roman copper-alloy sestertii, dupondii or asses, mostly in poor condition, but including some better examples of sestertii of Lucilla (AD 164-169). From report to coroner (E. Ghey): The coins submitted for consideration consist of a group of copper alloy coins which are mainly of the copper alloy denominations known as the sestertius and its fractions, the dupondius and as. The coins are mostly worn and not fully legible and it is difficult to be certain of the denomination of most of the coins due to loss of surface and edges, though a number appear thick enough to be wor…
Created on: Tuesday 28th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sithney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-F1B3C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman hinged Colchester-derivative brooch. The flat-headed bow is sub-triangular in plan and crescentic in section, with a hollow back; it is 11 mm wide at its head, tapering to 5.5 mm at its broken end before it extends to the foot. The head is decorated by a transverse groove 3.5 mm from the edge of the hinge cavity between the two wings. The wings are 6 mm in diameter and are strengthened by a central iron rod which is visible at the two broken ends where both terminals are missing. The more complete wing is decorated with three pairs of parallel, in…
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2022
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Record ID: CORN-BF4719
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fourth addenda to the find previously reported under 2016 T19 and 2017 T501. The coins consist of half of a gold Iron Age stater from the Western British Iron Age coin producing area (traditionally associated with the tribe referred to as the Dobunni, issuing coins in Gloucestershire, Avon, Oxfordshire and surrounding counties). The rest of the Iron Age coins are gold quarter staters, including 10 of the same type from the Southern British Iron Age coin producing area (traditionally associated with the tribe referred to as the Belgae, issuing coins in Hampshire, West Sussex and n…
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Cornwall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-B746E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped, South-western derivative brooch. The left wing of the tubular crossbar has broken off at the end, however the right wing is complete with a bulbous rounded end and circumferential mouldings just inside the expanded knop. The crossbar is 35 mm in length and 7 mm in diameter at its thinnest and 8.5 mm in diameter at the bulbous end. The remnant of the curved bow is 25 mm long, 15 m wide where it is attached to the crossbar and tapers to a the broken edge which is 11 mm wide. The back of the bow is hollow and encrusted with iron corrosi…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: CORN-1AB9D8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denarius of Matidia (c.AD 112-120), PIETAS AVGVST, mint of Rome, c.AD 115-117 Class: RIC II, p. 301, no. 759 BMC III, pp. 127-8, nos. 660-4
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
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Record ID: CORN-35B253
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast gilt copper alloy suspension mount and pendant used to decorate horse harness. The cruciform mount has a third arm which projects upwards from the usual bar mount with suspension loop. Such suspension mounts were presumably fitted where two straps met at right angles. Each of the three arms has a central raised ridge along the length of its upper face and are separated from the shaped terminal by a double cusp. The fourth projection has the remains of the central rib but no cusp above the loop which still retains its pin and round pendant. The pendant has six engraved oblique lin…
Created on: Monday 28th August 2006
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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Record ID: CORN-479481
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy horizontal pendant suspension mount with square central plate and incised knop above. The central plate is also incised with three oblique lines which give it the appearance of a crest or coat of arms. The central suspension loops have the remains of the iron pin, from which the pendant would have been suspended, contained in each rivet hole. Each arm is sub-triangular in section and has a pair of collars between the central plate and the rounded end which is perforated with a rivet hole. The rivet holes again have the remains of their iron pins in them, which have c…
Created on: Friday 25th March 2005
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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Record ID: CORN-E98BB3
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead with a square socket and the remains of a side loop and decorated with three converging moulded ribs on both faces, dating from the Late Bronze Age. The axehead is missing most of its collar and only has two stubs where the integral side loop would have joined them together. The surface is corroded and pitted with patches of light green oxidisation, but most of the dark green surface patina remains on the blade. The longest surviving rib on the face of the axe is 56 mm long and 3 mm wide. The axehead is slender in form and bears features t…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th April 2022
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Record ID: CORN-BFC25D
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver bodkin, broken into two parts and missing its tip, and bent at a right angle but would originally have been straight. The semi-circular terminal has a trefoil or fleur de lis knop mounted above it and contains a circular perforation which is 3 mm in diameter. About 17 mm along the bodkin from the pierced circle, there is a rectangular eye slot. The slot is 13 mm long, 1.6 mm wide and 2 mm in depth. Below this slot, on one flat side of the bodkin, are a series of punched dots (using the 'pointillé' technique) in the form of the letters 'M B' (initials), followed by t…
Created on: Wednesday 1st October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penzance', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-943711
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Silver bodkin, with a round knop mounted above a semi-circular terminal, which contains a circular perforation. About 10 mm along the bodkin from the pierced circle, there is a rectangular eye slot. Below this slot, one side of the bodkin is stamped with a maker's mark in the form of a pomegranate or thistle within a crescent moon. On the opposite side are a series of punched dots (pointille) in the form of the letters 'A' and 'H' (initials), followed by a cross, and the date 1672. These bodkins were used as hair pins to decorate the hair, and the circular perforations were used to su…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Phillack', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-E73E27
Object type: DONKEY SHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron mule shoe or iron fitting for the heel of a wooden clog or shoe sole. The shape of the shoe and its rectangular nail holes and nail resemble 'tongue' type horseshoes, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries (see Bailey, 1997, page 41). Clark (2004) illustrates a similar Type 4 'miniature horseshoe' on page 120, Fig.86, No.197, which is dated c.1270-1350, but was never used and 'would not function as a shoe cleat' (p.91). He discusses mule shoes on page 78, and concludes that mules were rarely shod in the Medieval period and that the shoe would be narrow and long with a length to …
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: CORN-0EB0AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver cut halfpenny of Aethelred II (978-1016), moneyer Aelfstan, mint of Totnes, Crux type, Spink 1148, North 770. Ref: North 1994: 159. This is the Totnes mint, almost certainly the moneyer Aelfstan, and possibly a die duplicate for one in the British Museum collection (1850,0220.32), although it is too worn on some of the corresponding areas to be sure of the die link, especially since this coin is slightly double-struck.The coin dates from the 990s, and might plausibly have circulated a little later. Coin reforms were probably not rigidly enforced somewhere…
Created on: Monday 11th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
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