Record ID: SUSS-66C0E8
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 7 incomplete struck flint blades (debitage) representing multiple periods of activity from the Mesolithic to early Neolithic periods c. 9000 BC - 3300 BC. The assemblage is composed of tertiary flakes; all of different shades of opaque black, opaque and translucent grey and translucent yellow. None show evidence of retouch. The largest black flake is hard hammer struck with a pronounced bulb of percussion. The rest are soft hammer struck, narrow blades of suggested Mesolithic to early Neolithic date c. 9000-3300BC.  Two cores were f…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-659128
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate copying Tetricus II (AD 271-274) dating between AD 275-285 (Reece period 14).  PIETAS AVGG reverse type depicting sacrificial implements. Unclear mint prototype. Dimensions: diameter: 10.54mm,  thickness: 1.79mm,  weight: 0.68g. D/A: 7.  This coin was found within 2m of three other late roman coins:SUSS-65B748; SUSS-65834D and SUSS-6560F3.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-10B5C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and lightly clipped bent medieval silver halfpenny of Richard II (1377-1399) dating c. AD 1377-1399. Probably Withers (2002) type 2. Mint of London. Cf. North (1991) number 1331.  
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E8FE43
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy candle-holder of Late Medieval to Post Medieval dating, c.AD 1475-1600. The candle holder is incomplete, the cup and half the shaft surviving with the lower shaft lost to a worn break. The shaft and cup are circular in cross section, the shaft being decorated with a raised collar 18.47mm in diameter 9mm above the break in the shaft. The cup flares out from the top of the shaft with a slight circumferential recess, and a very worn circumferential linear double groove halfway up the cup, with another just before the rim of the cup. The rim of the cup is u…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E48690
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating between AD 1550-1650 The frame is roughly oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section, with concave long sides with a projecting knop at either end of the pin bar. The outside edges of each loop also expand into a pointed knop, the internal outside edges are also slightly expanded creating a kidney shaped aperture. A loose copper alloy wrap around pin has survived in situ, formed from a copper strip measuring 22.11mm long. One loop has of the buckle has slightly bevelled inside edges, the o…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-D3C544
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate imitating an issue of an uncertain ruler dating to AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). Illegible reverse. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-7FFF06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy brooch probably a Colchester one-piece  type, c. AD 20-70. The brooch is heavily worn, consisting of the bow and partial head, as well as the remnants of the catchplate. The bow is flat at the head where it is slightly waisted before expanding slightly to worn breaks. At the back of the head is a small cusp ending in worn breaks, probably the base of the missing forward facing hook and lower loop. The body of the bow is flatter near the nead and thickens to a broadly D-shaped cross section as it narrows t…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-7F01F1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating between AD 1550-1650 The frame is roughly oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section, with concave long sides with a projecting knop at either end of the pin bar. The outside edges of each loop also expand into a pointed knop.  A loose copper alloy wrap around pin has survived, (free of the pin bar), measuring 12.03mm long. One loop has of the buckle has slightly bevelled inside edges, as well as a very narrow break in the frame near the pin bar. The buckle is light green in colo…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-413083
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Jew's harp (or Jaws harp) of Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1500 - 1800. The Jew's harp comprises a sub circular head with two tapering prongs, and is lozenge-shaped in cross section. A rabbat (notch) on one side at the apex of the head would have accommodated the tongue, which is now missing, the rabbat encrusted with iron corrosion. The object has a dark brown patina. Measurements: length: 50.39mm,  width (at head): 22.73mm,  thickness (at head): 6.52mm,  weight: 9.27g. Egan (1998:284) notes: Jews harps, or trumps have a …
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-3F3FC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272-1307); class 2b dating to January to May AD 1280. Mint of Bristol. As North (1991) no. 1015. A very small sliver has been clipped from the flan, cutting diagonally into the legend Dimensions: diameter: 19.50mm,  thickness: 0.54mm,  weight: 1.33g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-3DCAB9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval silver short-cross penny of John (AD 1199-1216), class 5b1/5a mule dating to AD 1205. Moneyer Iohan, mint of Winchester. As North no. 970. (North 1994: pp221).  The coin has been bent in half and slightly unbent, resulting in a hairline crack down the central line. A small part of the flan is missing from 8-11 o'clock on the obverse. Dimensions: diameter: 18.85mm,  thickness: 0.70mm,  weight: 1.25g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-EB2261
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Late Iron Age/Early Roman Nauheim type brooch dating between 50 BC - AD 50. The brooch is cast in one piece; the spring being intact, with a partially surviving pin. The spring extends from the bow plate in four coils, the internal chord looping underneath the bow and extending into the pin, of which approximately half survives, ending in a worn break. The bow is composed of a flat triangular plate that narrows to an elongated foot, ending in a worn break. The upper surface of the bow is decorated with two incised…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E8A3A9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged double lugged trumpet brooch, dating between AD 80-200. The head of the brooch is ovate, with two integral pierced semi circular lugs on the reverse to accommodate an axis bar. Between both pierced lugs sits an intact copper alloy spring of four coils with a semi-circular loop set behind the spring, hanging toward the foot. The coils are covered in iron corrosion suggesting the axis bar may be iron. One coil extends into an incomplete circular-sectioned pin which tapers towards a worn break near the catchp…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-D4593E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lightly clipped Medieval silver short-cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272) dating c. AD 1242-1244.  Class 8b2. Moneyer: Nichole. Mint: Canterbury. cf. North (1991) no: 981/2.  Measurements: diameter 15.27mm, weight 0.87g.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-58F562
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman barbarous radiate copying a coin of unclear Gallic emperor, probably Tetricus I (271-274), dating to the period c.AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). Unclear reverse type possibly depicting a standing figure, perhaps Laetitia or similar. Unclear mint prototype.  Dimensions: diameter: 14.95mm,  thickness: 0.81mm,  weight: 0.44g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-55CAF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete very worn Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate, imitating a coin of Tetricus I (AD 271-274) dating to AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). Probably HILARITAS AVGG reverse type, unclear mint. Similar to Cunetio (2018) no's. 2979, 3000-3001. Dimensions: diameter: 15.54mm,  thickness: 1.59mm,  weight: 1.70g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-5442AC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman barbarous radiate copying unclear emperor, dating to the period c.AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). Unclear reverse type, possibly depicting an Altar? Unclear mint prototype.  Dimensions: diameter: 10.05mm,  thickness: 0.92mm,  weight: 0.43g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-540C91
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete very worn Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate, copying an issue of Victorinus (AD 269-271) or Tetricus I (AD 271-274) dating to the period AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). PAX AVG reverse type depicting Pax standing holding a vertical spear. Unclear mint. Dimensions: diameter: 11.81mm,  thickness: 1.28mm,  weight: 0.82g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-2F7712
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete very worn Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate of an unclear Emperor dating to AD 275-285 (Reece period 14), unclear reverse type and mint.  Dimensions: diameter: 15.33mm,  thickness: 1.37mm,  weight: 1.22g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-2EFD51
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete very worn Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate, probably imitating a coin of Tetricus I (AD 271-274). Probably PAX AVGVSTI reverse type dating to AD 275-285 (Reece period 14), unclear mint. Similar to Normanby (2018) no.1971. Dimensions: diameter: 13.02mm,  thickness: 1.37mm,  weight: 1.03g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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