Record ID: PUBLIC-E0B5EA
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy steelyard weight of Roman date (c. AD 43 - 410). The weight is bi-conical in plan and circular in section. The suspension loop and hook are missing. The stub of an imbedded iron suspension loop or hook can be seen at the top and bottom. This weight is corroded and pitted with an uneven surface and is greyish buff in colour.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-379E03
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Medieval- Post Medieval, copper alloy, rectangular coin weight possiby for a Rose Noble. The front face of the weight has a circular design stamped on to it. This comprises an outer legend surrounding a worn design of a ship with a rose above. The legend reads +ROSEVS * NOBELIS*
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greenwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-24C2B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Henry VIII dating to the period AD 1533-1544. Second coinage. Initial mark: Catherine Wheel. North Vol 2, p.112 no.1804. Lombardic lettering both sides. Obverse description: Crowned bust right. Obverse inscription: HENRIC VIII D G R A REX. Rerverse description: Long cross fourchee over royal shield, TC beside shield. Reverse inscription: CIVITAS CANTOR. Mint of Canterbury under Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. Flan lightly clipped.
Created on: Sunday 7th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-255319
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval silver penny of Edward VI (1547-53), issued posthumously in the name of Henry VIII and dating from 1547-51. York mint. North, volume 2, number 1888. Obverse description: Three-quaters facing crowned bust. Obverse inscription: H D G R[OSA] [S]IE SPI. Reverse description: Square topped shield over a long cross fourchée. Reverse inscription: CIVI[TAS E]BORACI. Incomplete flan.
Created on: Sunday 7th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-67AC24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I. Dated 1574. London (Tower) mint. Eglantine initial mark both sides. Second Issue; North 1997. Obverse description: Crowned bust left; rose behind head. Obverse inscription: ELIZA[BETH D G] ANG FR ET HI REGINA. Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend; date 1574 above shield. Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV AD/[IVTORE/]M MEV (I have made God my Helper). The coin is very worn on the obverse and there is break through three-quarters of the diameter of the coin.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Hoathly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-67701D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I. Dated 1574. London (Tower) mint. Eglantine initial mark both sides. Second Issue; North No. 1997. Obverse description: Crowned bust left; rose behind head. Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA. Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend; date 1574 above shield. Reverse inscription: POSVI.DEV AD.IVTORE.M MEV (I have made God my Helper).
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-7C335C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Post Medieval halfgroat of the Commonwealth dating to 1649-1660 AD. No initial mark. Tower of London mint. North Vol. II Page 205. No. 2728. Clipped flan. Obverse description: English Shield of St. George within a wreath formed of a palm and laurel branch. Reverse description: Two conjoined shields of England and Ireland, with the mark of value II above.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B4BDEF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Post Medieval halfgroat of the Commonwealth dating to 1649-1660 AD. No initial mark. Tower of London mint. North Vol. II Page 205. No. 2728. The coin is very worn and with abraded flan. Obverse description: English Shield of St. George within a wreath formed of a palm and laurel branch. Reverse description: Two conjoined shields of England and Ireland, with the mark of value II above.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 25th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Heighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B59048
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete base silver penny of Philip and Mary (1554-1558). Initial mark: halved rose and castle. London mint. (North 1991: 129, ref: 1976). Abraded and clipped flan. Obverse description: Double rose. Obverse inscription: P.Z.M.DG.RO[SA SINE]. Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over royal shield. Reverse inscription: [CI]VI/TA[S]/LON]DON
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishopstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B8549C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-medieval silver groat of Mary. Dated 1553-1554. London mint. Privy mark: pomegranate. North 1991: 126, ref: 1960. Cracked flan behind bust. Obverse description: Crowned bust left. Obverse inscription: MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI. Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over royal shield. Reverse inscription: VERITA/S TEM/PORIS/FILIA (Truth, the daughter of Time).
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-65CAAC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, base-silver (billon) Post-Medieval Douzain of Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605 AD), Type III or IV, dating to AD 1596. Struck for the Papal City State of Avignon. Obverse description: Shield of arms under tiara and keys / Cross. Obverse inscription: [CLEMENS VIII PONTIF MAX]. Reverse description: Cross fourchée with cross potent and lion in opposite quarters.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Telscombe Village', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8B91EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy eight or twelve maravedis 'cob' coin of Philip IV (AD1621-1665), possibly dated to AD1636. The coin is a crude sub-rectangular shape. The obverse depicts a castle within shield and a counter-stamped crowned XII. The reverse possibly depicts a lion and is counter-stamped with a crowned VIII. This was likely done in 1641 during the Spanish coin re-valuation. These are often called 'cob' coins after the Spanish word for copper which is 'cobre': they were crudely made in Spain initially and later in the Americas for use in the Spanish colonies. …
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B84996
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval copper alloy thimble. The thimble has a conical crown and slightly tapering sides, there are three narrow circumferential incised lines below the crown. Decoration on the crown consists of four hand drilled lozenge-shapes each one separated by a vertical incised groove, each groove also has small horizontal punched lines, there are also four drilled holes at the base of each line. There are irregular hand drilled holes to only one side of the side of the thimble, the other side has punched decoration consisting of a heart which is pierced by an arrow and two s…
Created on: Friday 26th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greenwich Thames Foreshore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B57EEA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Post Medieval circular trade weight of the reign of George III, or possibly the earlier part of the reign of George IV. This weight is circular in plan, sub-rectangular in cross-section and has a raised rim. The front has a single central incised circle around the centre. Overlying this circle are four stamped motifs: A letter 'A' for avoirdupois, the royal cypher 'G' surmounted by a crown, the sword of St Paul and an ewer denoting that the weight was approved by the Founders Company in London. The back has a central indentation and file adjustment marks. At 55…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-7742C9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete circular uniface trade weight from the reign of Charles I. The weight is 1.5g, which is probably equivalent to a one sixteenth of an ounce: the smallest trade weight in use at the time. There are several markings on the weight including; a letter 'C' with a crown above (indicating the monarch), on the left, the London Guildhall dagger (sword of St Paul), on the right and at the bottom the Founders' Company ewer as stamped with Guildhall marks on bronze and brass weights up to 1826. There is a single punched indentation in the centre.
Created on: Sunday 4th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greenwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-83FEC4
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete circular, very worn bifacial copper alloy coin weight for a Unite of Charles I. Dated 1625 - 1649. Obverse CAROLVS REX, crowned bust left. Reverse illegible but probably crowned XX. The size at 18.85mm and weight of 7.9g points to this coin weight most probably used for weighting a gold Unite (pound).
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8C6C7B
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval copper alloy square bifacial coin weight for the Real d'or, dating from the early post-medieval period, between c. AD1500-1650. The obverse is stamped with the upper body of a crowned king within in a beaded circular border holding a sword in his left hand and an orb surmounted by a cross pomee in his right. The reverse appears to have the letters C and J with a hand in the centre, surounded by a wreath. The letters may possibly stand for Cornelis Janssen.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B63206
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Post Medieval circular trade weight probably dating to The weight is circular in plan, sub-rectangular in cross-section and has a raised rim. There are three stamped marks on the face: an ewer (mark of the Founders Company of London), a quartered shield of the City of London with a sword in the topleft quadrant, the sword of St Paul and an ewer denoting that the weight was approved by the Founders Company in London. The back has file adjustment marks.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greenwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C25388
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead sounding weight. The weight is conical in shape with a piercing at the narrow end for attachment of a hemp line. The base is hollow with two opposing oblique piercings at the sides. Tallow or beeswax could be pressed into the hollow - an action known as 'arming the lead.' The tallow would pick up samples of the sea bottom to find out whether it was sand, mud, weed, rock or gravel, thereby allowing the Captain to decide which type of anchor to deploy. These style of sounding weights have been retrieved from the wreck ot the Mary Rose early 16th century and were pos…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greenwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2ED512
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete circular bifacial coin weight of King Charles I (1625 - 1649). The weight is for weighing a gold double crown (10 shillings). Briot bust. Obverse description: CAROLVS REX, Crowned bust of Charles I facing left. Reverse description: Crowned '•X•' with '•S•' below. The weight was originally 4.5g but due to wear is now 3.9g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 4th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.