Record ID: SUSS-3FD345
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy trade weight from the reign of James I (1603-1625). The weight is circular with a wide raised rim on the top. It is 21.9mm in diameter by 3.2mm thick and weighs 2.95 grams, c. 0.20 ounces (one fifth). It is stamped with: Crowned I (for James I) at 7 o'clock The sword of St Paul (for London) at 5 o'clock An inverted ewer (for the founders company) at 1 o'clock
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9BBFB1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of an unidentified copper-alloy object. The remaining piece has a side bar 51.5mm long, with a rectangular cross section and a terminal in the form of a two-lobed fleur; projecting from beneath this fleur, and on the same plane, is the remnant of a sub-trapezoidal element, measuring 16.9mm long and with an uneven bottom edge which suggests the former existence of openwork decoration. The object is 4mm thick and weighs 12.4g. It is similar in form to the 17th century double-loop trapezoid buckles with openwork decoration, but appears too large for this use and may therefore be a c…
Created on: Monday 18th February 2008
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-A5D4C1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy token farthing minted for William Smith of Steyning, Sussex in 1667. Williamson Vol 3. p.1182, Sussex No.165. William Smith was a mercer. There is a reference, in Sussex Archaeological Collections 19 p.95, to a William Smith of Steyning who had an estate worth £20 seized by parliment in 1655 because the owner was either a Royalist or a Catholic (the ordnance covered both). This may or may not be the same person as issued the tokens but Williamson suggests it is.
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C51D97
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy circular uni-faced token with three visible casting spruces at the cardinal points. The token has a raised design of the initial 'E' on one side, the other side is blank. It is 21.20mm in diameter, 1.85 mm thick and weighs 4.8 grams. Lead tokens were locally made and had a wide variety of uses; they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials are thought to be Post Medieval in date, 1500-1850 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalvington with Ripe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-8F56C7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular uni-faced token, 1500-1850 AD. The token has a raised design on one side of the initials J and F seperated by a raised pellet with 12 above and possibly bls (or s19 upside down) below. The reverse is blank. The token measures 19.9mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick, and weighs 7.66 grams. Lead tokens were locally made and had a wide variety of uses; they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initals are thought to be Post Medieval in date. Those with 6, 12 or 24 on are often hop tokens given to piece workers to keep track of how many sacks …
Created on: Friday 4th June 2010
Last updated: Saturday 5th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heathfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-25F306
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead-alloy uni-face circular token, 1500-1850 AD. The token has the raised initials TP on one side. The reverse appears to have a raised pellet towards one edge but this could possibly be a casting flaw. The token measures 18.2 mm in diameter, 1.9 mm thick, and weighs 3.84 grams. Lead tokens were locally made and had a wide variety of uses; they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials are thought to be Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Friday 11th June 2010
Last updated: Saturday 12th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1B8B22
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval seventeenth century traders token farthing of unclear trader and town, 1648-1672 AD
Created on: Monday 5th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 12th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-AFB261
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead circular unifaced token. The obverse of the token is decorated with the raised initials G over GF or GE. The reverse is blank. The token is 24.8mm in diameter, 2.33mm thick and weighs 6.84 grams. Tokens with simple designs were very easy to make, had a range of uses and continued in use for a long period. The arrangement of initials in this format was common in 17th century for married couples, the upper initial indicated the surname and the lower initials the husband and wives first names, suggesting this token dates to that time.
Created on: Monday 12th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dallington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-F469B6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a strap fitting of cast copper alloy, bent over at one end. One end has a rectangular strip, bent over to form a crude hook; it is rectangular in section and appears complete. Below this hook is a raised collar on the front below which the object widens slightly before tapering in gradually and ending in a expanded oval knop at the foot. This lower section, the collar and below, is D shaped in section with a convex front and slightly concave back in the centre. The length is 47.5mm, the width is 8.8mm, and thickness is 3.8mm. The weight is 7.52 grams. It is probably Post m…
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chichester district', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-F746B4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hooked clasp with openwork design. This is the hooked section of a two part clasp. The main plate is heart shaped with a trefoil opening in the centre. At the top projects a rounded knop containing the residue of an iron rivet in the centre. The lower point of the heart extends downwards and continues into a forward facing blunt hook. The top of the hook is flanked by projecting rounded knops with the residue of a second iron rivet between them. There is evidence of white metal coating, probably tinning. Length 55.3mm, width 21.7mm. Weight 8.49 grams. It is ide…
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 17th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-48B4B6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy sword belt fitting. It is roughly foliate in form, with incised decoration forming a leaf pattern. It has a trefoil shaped terminal at one end below which it narrows before widening to rounded shoulders about a third of the way down from which it tapers to the other end where there are two lugs flanking a forward projecting hook. The hook is oval in cross section and the terminal is lost to an old break. There are two circular fixing holes containing iron corrosion, one near the trefoil terminal and one above the hook. It is 52.6mm long, 22.6mm w…
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warningcamp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-360447
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper alloy rings, formed of a double loop of square sectioned wire the ends and middle of which are attached to each other and to the top of a knop. The knop has a circular top to which the wire is attached below which is a constriction then a oval terminal. Both the loops and terminal are complete with no breaks suggesting it was suspended from another obect through the loops. It is 20.1mm long, 16.6mm wide and the wire is 1.2mm thick; it weighs 1.06 grams. It is unclear what this is from. The finder has suggested a parallel with a wire looped terminal on a Medieval …
Created on: Friday 17th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 17th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1AA852
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy scabbard chape with angled sides, slightly domed front and hollow back. The lower part of the chape has an oval outline with incised radiating lines on the front creating a scallop shell appearence and a rounded knop projecting down at the centre of the lower edge; the upper part is trapizoid, stepping in at the top of the scallop before widening slightly to the top. The top edge is castellated with two incided horizontal lines below. There is a central quatrefoil shaped apeture. The separately soldered back plate is missing. The chape measures 39.8mm long by 29.7m…
Created on: Friday 23rd April 2010
Last updated: Monday 26th April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Arundel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B663A4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken cast copper-alloy pin with spherical filigree head of early post-medieval date (c. 16th century AD). The pin shaft is circular in cross section with a spherical knop at one end which projects just beyond the pin head. The other end is bent through 45 degrees and broken just below the head. The remainer is 22.1mm long by 1.9mm in diameter. The whole piece weighs 1.94 grams. The head is unusual, in that, unlike other similar examples e.g.HAMP-A136D5, it is hollow with no central ball onto which the filigree was applied. The head is 12.1mm in diameter and divided into hemisphere…
Created on: Wednesday 31st December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-593350
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Post Medieval silver gilt dress pin with hollow-cast spherical head, c. 16th century AD. The pin has been drawn from a thick silver wire 2.40 mm in diameter and the shaft measures approximately 72 mm long (including the section through the head) with a 90-degree bend about one third of the length up from the point. Such bends are a common feature of these pins and it appears to be purposeful, perhaps due to use. The pin tapers gradually to a point at one end and ends flat at the other. The flat end seems to have been pushed through and soldered into a highly-decorative head…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A122D3
Object type: PATTEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron ring for attachment to a wooden patten or sole. The ring is oval with raised terminals for attachment to each side. Both terminal have rectangular strips rising at right angles to the ring and then are bent out at right angles where they expand into attachment plates. One plate is D shaped with two iron rivets through it. The other is oval with one rivet through it and a strip extending from the opposite side of the plate to the ring which ends in an irregular end, probably an old break. The ring is rectangular in section, 93mm by 101.1mm, 8.3mm wide by 6.8mm thick; with the term…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brightling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C159B2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval, cast, copper alloy mount. The mount has a flat plate and is slightly heart shaped with one end tapering and folding underneath to form a hook. The reverse is flat except for the hook and a protruding stud, both of which have been integrally cast. The stud is 5.1 mm high and 5.5 mm in diameter. The metal is a brownish-red colour with an irregular formation of a green patina in some places. The mount is 12.3 mm at its widest point, and 19.3 mm long; it weighs 1.97 g. Read (1988) Fig 17 no.6 illustrates a similar hooked fitting with attachment studs. He dates…
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashburnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-7D6712
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy lozenge shaped mount. The mount is flat on the surface with bevelled edges. On the reverse there are two integral rivets. One of them has broken and is now 3.6 mm long, the other is bent over at 90 degrees and approximately 11.6 mm long at is full length. A piece of dried leather is still fastened on the underside of the mount. The metal surface of the object is a red copper colour with a bright green patina in places. The mount is 32.5 mm, 25.6 mm at its widest point, and wieghs 6.82 grams. It probably dates to 1500 - 1700 AD.
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warningcamp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-735DB2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy hooked tag. The tag is flat backed and has a moulded front. The central plate is oval extending into a point at one side with a raised line border containing raised floral/foliate decoration. The oval attachement loop is attached opposite the pointed side and is brocken and bent at one side from an old break. On the opposite side the plate extends out into a point ending in a trefoil terminal. The hook extends from the central leaf of the trefoil. The hook is bent backwards but end in an old break at the start of the bend; it is D shaped in section wi…
Created on: Friday 8th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-FD8C04
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy early post-medieval hooked tag with a central circular boss, trapezoid loop and complete hook. The central boss is 11.9mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and worn; it has a outer, flat ring decorated with short radiating lines; the central raised section may be decorated with the letters 'ihs' (for Jesus), although this is too worn to be certain. The back of the boss is mostly flat with an off-centre slightly concave oval area. The attachment loop is trapezoid, 11.1mm wide where it meets the loop and 12.8mm wide at the outer edge, the bar itself is 1.5mm wide and 0.9mm thick. Th…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 14th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.