Record ID: SUSS-3B13E1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead circular double faced weight. The obverse has a raised design of a laureate bust facing right surrounded by a ring of pellets in a raised line border. The reverse has a raised design of a cross; two of the quarters are raised and two inset, the inset quarters contain a pellet. It is 35.5mm in diameter, 5.5mm thick and weighs 52.22 grams. The design of a laureate head was reintroduced onto the coinage in the 17th century by James I. The general style of the bust and weight suggests a late 17th to early 19th century date. It is an unofficial weight of the type…
Created on: Friday 18th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shoreham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4C1708
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead unifaced circular weight. The weight is 18.8mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and weighs 6.01g. It is stamped on one side with a capital letter W and L, with a 1 underneath; the other side is blank. The use of a stamped design rather than raised cast letters suggests this was a weight rather than a token as stamped designs were more time consuming to produce. They are used on weights as the flan could be corrected to the right weight then stamped. Lead weights like this can be produced easily and were often made at home for a wide range of uses, they are therefore dif…
Created on: Sunday 14th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bexhill', grid reference and parish protected.