Record ID: PUBLIC-1D8FF3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy double loop trapezoidal buckle frame with concave sides on either side of a narrowed and recessed strap bar. The frame consists of one complete loop and uneven breaks from a second loop. The strap bar would have held a pin and a sheet plate, the pin and plate are missing. There is iron corrosion product remains from the roller on the strap bar. The frame has curved outer edges with expanded ends where the pin would rest. The underside of the frame is flat with a bevelled inner edge. The frame measures 19.95 mm in length, 21.06 mm in width and 2.09 mm in th…
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
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Record ID: SUSS-18DA89
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface token, dating to c. AD 1550-1800; Powell type 2. The token is decorated on one side with a raised retrograde 'J'. The other side is undecorated and flat. The token is of a greyish-white colour. It measures 17.7 mm in diameter, 1.7 mm thick, 4.1 g in weight. Tokens were easy to make and distributed widely throughout a large period of time; therefore, they are difficult to date precisely. They are thought to have been circulated throughout both the Medieval and Post Medieval periods, but those with initials are thought to date to the P…
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-1804A2
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early Medieval stirrup strap mount of Anglo-Scandinavian attribution, dating from c. 1000-1100 AD. Williams Class B, Type 3, Group 9. The mount is pentagonal and slightly asymmetrical in plan and seems to be a debased form of previous groups from Type 3. The apex is rounded, with a circular rivet hole filled with an iron rivet; at the based are two circular rivet holes, one of which contains a significant amount of iron and iron corrosion from the remaining rivet and the other is missing its rivet entirely. The flange projects from the reverse face and …
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Saturday 15th February 2020
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Record ID: SUSS-17E087
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Post Medieval copper alloy furniture fitting, c. 1500-1800. An undiagnostic suspension loop, which has been broken in antiquity. The loop is trapezodial and flat, leading to a transverse groove decoration on an elongated waist, below which is the break; the loop has iron corrosion on the inner edge suggesting that there was a further iron component which is now missing. The back of the loop is flat; the reverse of the waist is concave. It measures 22.2 mm in length, 12.2 mm wide, 4.3 mm think and weighs 2.21 g. It is similar in style to a Roman pendant, however the hollo…
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-17A629
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic sherd of a Medieval sandy ware vessel of uncertain type, dating from later 13th-14th century AD. The sherd is fairly flat, making it difficult to attribute it to a particular type of vessel. The outer face seems to have been slipped with a light grey slip and the inner and outer surfaces seem to have been equally orange in colour before the outer face was slipped. The core of the sherd is thick and dark grey in colour. It measures 32.5 mm long, 25.3. mm wide, 6.4 mm thick and weighs approximately 6.6 grams.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-1790E1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval ceramic sherd of a fine flint-tempered with sand cooking pot, dating to c. late 12th-13th century AD. The sherd comprises a portion of the body of the vessel and has medium-large inclusions. The outer and inner faces of the vessel are dark red in colour, whilst the core of the sherd is dark grey. It measures 32.3 mm long, 32.8 mm wide, approximately 9 mm thick and weighs 10.84 grams.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-176A9D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface token, dating to c. AD 1550-1800; Powell Type 2. The token has the raised initial 'M' on one side. The other side is undecorated and flat. The token is of a grey in colour. It measures 21.2 mm in diameter, 3.2 mm thick, and weighs 6.89 g. This token central hole and has been pierced from the back. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials seem to date to between c. 1550-1800.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-174DE1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic spout probably from an ewer of later Medieval or early Post Medieval date. The spout is tubular and terminates in a dog's head with open mouth; the tube spout protrudes from the open mouth. At the other end from the mouth it curves through ninety degrees downwards, and expands lengthways and widens slightly into a long, pointed neck where it would have joined the vessel (it is teardrop shaped in cross-section). The side is convex at the joint with the body suggesting it met the underside of an everted neck. The dog head has a moulded nose, promi…
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-1745F3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface token, dating to c. AD 1250-1800; Powell type 30. The token is decorated on one side with a central pellet and four pellets in a cross shape. The other side is undecorated and flat. The token is of a greyish-white colour. It measures 14.3 mm in diameter, 3.7 mm thick, 4.01 g in weight. Tokens were easy to make and distributed widely throughout a large period of time; therefore, they are difficult to date precisely. They are thought to have been circulated throughout both the Medieval and Post Medieval periods and those wi…
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-17205F
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly illegible late Medieval to Post Medieval bent copper-alloy French jetton, likely Tournai, c. 1450-1700. The legends are indiscipherable on both sides. On one side there shield of France (a shield with three fleur de lis) in the inner circle; on the other there is a voided cross fleur de lis. It measures 21.2 m in diameter, 0.7 mm thick and weighs 1.13 g.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-16B2D9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Post Medieval copper alloy circular mount with iron shaft, c. 1500-1800. The mount is dicoidal and decorated with double concentric rings on the outer face, with another ring bordering the circumference. There is a fragment missing, which appears to have been broken in antiquity. The mount is largely flat with remains on the reverse of an iron attachment, which projects through the upper surface in the form of a small circiular pellet. It measures 28.0 mm in diameter, 4.6 mm thick and weighs 5.28 g.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-1681D5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy bar mount c. 1350-1400. The centre of the mount is sub-hemispherical in section with a central circular hole, the arms are D-shaped in cross-section with two hemispherical end knops with circular rivet holes at either terminal; the back is flat. The two circular rivets are missing. It measures 31.6 mm in length, 8.9 mm wide, 3.3 mm thick and weighs 1.85 g.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-15CC6D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy bi-face token, probably dating to Post Medieval period (c. 1550-1800 AD): Powell type 16; possibly 5 or 6. The token has a pellet legend and a shield on one side; the other side has a possible anchor or ship. It measures 19.8 mm in length, 14.6 mm wide, 1.9 mm thick, and weighs 3.37 g.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-1546C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver half groat of Charles I, probably dating to AD 1639-1640. Intial mark triangle, Group D. Tower mint of London. The coin is nearly illegible, however there is only one option for this initial mark. Cf. North 1991, Vol. II, pp 161-162, Nos. 2258.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-14DE7B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval single loop buckle with roller, dating to c. AD 1350-1400. The buckle is rectangular in plan and has a sheet metal roller wrapped around the strap bar; the sides are expanded. The buckle is missing its pin. It measures 12.9 mm in length, 12.3 mm wide, 3.1 mm thick and weighs 0.82 g. Cf. Whitehead 2003, p. 27, no. 138.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-12DC57
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver short cross cut half penny of Henry II to III, dating to the period AD 1180-1247. Mint possibly Canterbury and moneyer either Roger or Walter. The coin has been bent at a 90 degree angle. It measures 14.3 mm in length, 8.9 mm wide, 0.7 mm thick and weighs 0.54 g.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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