Record ID: SUSS-9517D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward II (1307-1327), class 15b, minted at Bury St Edmunds.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-7DCF05
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object, decorated with ring-and-dot motifs. Three empty rivet holes.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-161006
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete silver two part post medieval thimble, bent and broken into two pieces. The top of the timble is missing and the base appears to have been cut or torn as there is no plain band or rim. The indentations are circular with raised edges, a style that became popular towards the end of the 17th century. The remaining pieces are: c.38.5mm long by 16.3mm wide by 0.4mm thick and 13.2mm long by 16.5mm wide by 0.4mm thick and weigh 2.4 and 0.8 grams respectively.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Udimore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-15C602
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
American silver half dime or 'disme', minted in 1834 at Pennsylvania. The coin has been pierced at 11 o'clock on the obverse and 5 o'clock on the reverse allowing it to hang with the obverse upright but ensuring the hole does not damage the bust.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-154F25
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast unifaced lead token. The token is decorated with four lines running across the diameter which meet in the centre, forming an eight pointed star or wheel with eight spokes. The token is 18.83mm in diameter, 1.72mm thick and weighs 3.33 grams. Tokens with such simple designs are very easy to make and continued in use for a long period so a general date of 1250-1800 AD is given.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-14BD44
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Knapped flint implement. In shape and forming technique it appears similar Mesolithic - Early Neolithic picks although it is much smaller. It is also similar to the Mesolithic tooks known as fabricators and it was probably used to dig small holes or to work wood. It is 67.4mm long, 25.3mm wide, 16.3mm thick and weighs 29.7 grams. The implement was produced from a much larger flake that has been extensively reworked, possibly several times. There is extensive blunting, low angle, stepped retouch at the proximal end, extending two fifths of the way down the sides. The distal half has b…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
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Record ID: SUSS-1479E0
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval or modern copper alloy rowel spur. The spur is incomplete and has been bent out of shape. One side is complete, undecorated and around 90mm long; it is 9.5mm wide and 4.1mm thick where it meets the neck and 4.1mm wide and 2.4mm thick by the terminal. The terminal is figure of eight shape, the side meets it between the two loops. The terminal is 12.1mm long, 8.0mm wide and 2.5mm thick; the loops are 4.5mm in internal diameter, one loop shows signs of wear. The other side is broken with an old break and only 42.6mm in lengh. The neck is plain, circular in cross section, 1…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-110A02
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An fragment of an unidentified lead object, possibly from an architectural item such as a rain head. Fragment is 89.5mm long, 55.1mm wide, 12.1mm thick and weighs 150 grams. All sides are broken and the breaks are patinated. The back is flat and the front curves outwards slightly so the item is thickest in the middle and thinner at the sides. The front is decorated with a bevelled line running horizontally across the piece with two oval indents below, both indents only survive in part.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-0FF3E4
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thinly cast copper-alloy item, probably a book clasp of roughly triangular shape, one of the 'arms' and part of the hook is missing. See LANCUM-CC96D3 for a more complete example. The remainer of the hook is 15.4mm long, 3.4mm wide and 2.8mm thick. It has broken off before it starts to bend. The plate has an irregular outline with a roughly trapizoid part attached to the hook (22.5mm long by 34.7mm wide by 1.0mm thick) and opposite the hook two roughly triangular 'arms', one of the arms was lost to an old break. The remaining arm is 19.6mm long by 17.7mm wide by 1.2mm thick). Two rivet…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-015F86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy As of Vespasian (AD 69-79), PROVIDENTIAE reverse type (Altar), unclear mint AD 69-70. RIC II refs. 313-317
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-00DBE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Decentius (AD 350-353), VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE reverse type (Two victories facing one another holding shield containing VOT / V / MVLT/ x), Trier mint AD 350-353
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-0084E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type (Soldier advancing left spearing fallen horseman), unclear mint AD 354-361.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-FFF8A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constans (AD 333-350), Two victories reverse type, Trier mint AD 347-348. RIC VIII p.152 ref. 196.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-FFED04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 317-364), GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type (Two soldiers with one standard), unclear mint AD 335-361.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-EC1457
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Strip of copper alloy sheet with two rivet holes in one end. Probably a strap end, possibly a buckle plate. The remaining piece is 38.1mm long, 0.5mm thick and 14.2mm wide at it's widest point, it weighs 1.8 grams. The two rivet holes are worn, from one there is a crack to the edge of the strap. The more worn hole is 3.4mm in diameter, the smaller 2.8mm. The opposite end from the rivet holes has a old break and it is not clear whether the origional end was shaped in a particular way or had further rivet holes. The strip is divided into three horizontally by two incised lines. Irregula…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-E77C16
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Republican silver denarius of the moneyer C. Coelius Caldus struck in Rome in 104 BC. Obv. Helmeted head of Roma left Rev. [ C COIL CALD or just CALD]; Victory in biga (two horse chariot) riding left. Control marks not visible. Reference: M Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 324, no. 318/1a or 1b This was from a large issue of coins, there being 95 obverse dies and 119 reverse dies
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-D69FA7
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rowel spur of the 'dropped' neck type. The rowel is missing and the two sides of the spur are broken. The broken terminal from one side was found with main spur. Both loops on this terminal have smooth breaks due to old wear, the side is attached to one loop with the second loop coming off the first at a 105 degree angle to the side. The break on the side is rough but also patinated suggesting an old break. The sides are triangular in section with a flat inner side; the outer side is decorated with regular chevrons. The sides are 6.8 mm wide and 2.8mm thick by the term…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-D61DF2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy trapizoid strap loop with integral rivet. 10.1mm long (excluding rivet) 14.8mm wide, 1.9mm thick and 0.8 grams in weight. A similar loop is illustrated in Cuddeford (2001) p.36.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-D4F7A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy single loop rectangular buckle with extended outer edge. The pin is missing and the plate is partially missing and broken. The buckle frame is 18.6mm long, 21.6mm wide and 3.3mm thick. The outer edge is teardrop shaped in cross section and 6.2mm wide; it is decorated with 5 grooves, a central pin recess with a groove each side and grooves near the ends. The remains of a casting spur is visible on each side of the frame. The strap bar is narrowed and 1,9mm wide. The strap plate has broken into two pieces, one still attached to the buckle. The plate is folded over the …
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-D44024
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Triangular piece of copper alloy sheet with a piercing in one corner. The item appears to be complete with some damage to one of the bottom corners. It has been pierced in the top corner using a square punch or nail. The piece is 36.7mm long, 26.4mm wide, 0.6mm thick and weighs 2.3 grams. It was possibly a decorative item hung from something such as horse harness where it would have caught the light and possibly made a sound as it hit againist other metal items.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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