Record ID: SUSS-596170
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Middle Anglo-Saxon silver pin, part of head and tip of shaft missing, c. 8th-9th century AD. The surviving part of the head is flat and triangular, flaring from a squarish transverse boss at the junction of the shaft and the head. The shaft is roughly circular in cross-section and 1.5mm in diameter, and has been bent; there are pieces missing which look like cut marks, but which are probably simply the result of the metal cracking. The head is decorated with a series of straight engraved lines, not entirely symmetrical. Two pairs follow the line of the edge and nearly meet …
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone cum Ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A7C147
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
D-shaped buckle frame and integral plate, made from copper alloy. The frame is a maximum of 18 mm wide, and its edges are a quarter-circle in cross-section, hollow on the inside. At the pin rest is a stylised animal head, best viewed from the side. This has a groove on the back of the head between the ears to take the tip of the pin, and long oval relief eyes. The muzzle is angled upwards, and there is a blob right at the end of the buckle, perhaps representing something like a ball held in the mouth. The animal head is quite large and heavy, and on the underside it is hollowed …
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A79CD1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large copper-alloy signet ring. The hoop in cross-section is a rounded D-shape, and a minimum of 3 x 3 mm. It flares very gently to the shoulders, and then more sharply to a sub-rectangular bezel. The bezel is 11 mm wide, and is decorated with an engraved rectangle with rounded corners. Within this is a crowned initial T, engraved in reverse so that it will be the right way round on an impression. 25.5 mm wide and 28 mm from bezel to base. It weighs 9.22g and dates to the 15th or early 16th century.
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A757F4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper-alloy hooked sword-belt fittings. 1. The plate is long and vertically symmetrical, with three round-ended lobes at the top and a central rivet hole. The central part of the plate is heart-shaped, and at the base are two projecting more triangular lobes with a second rivet hole in between. The lower part of the plate is extended to form a hook, now slightly bent, which ends in a stylised animal head; the hook bends backwards before coming forwards, so that the object is not completely flat. The plate is decorated with a low-relief curly foliage pattern with a heart shape …
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newhaven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A71055
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead-alloy seal matrix, flat and circular and now with fragmentary laminating edges. There are remains of a lug at the top on the reverse, the lug is in alignment with the initial cross at the beginning of the legend. The diameter (which appears to be original) is 23 mm, and it is 4 mm thick excluding the lug (7 mm maximum surviving thickness). The central motif is a ten-point star, and the inscription around reads + S’ RICA-D. REDO which can be translated as Seal of Richard Red…. A geometric motif fills up the rest of the space. It weighs 8.55g. 13th century.
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A6E0A3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy coin weight. It is roughly circular, 14-15 mm in diameter, but is slightly irregular with some straight edges as if it has been trimmed. One face is undecorated, and the other has a low-relief picture of a ship with a long-haired figure within, carrying a sword and shield. The shield is quartered, with three horizontal lines in quarters 1 and 3 and a lis in quarters 2 and 4; this is an approximation to the arms of England. A pennant can be seen to the left of the sword. The ship is quite worn, but a rose (the mark of the ryal) can just be seen. It weighs 3.36g (52.0 …
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A6C163
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
English jetton. Sterling type. Obverse: facing double-struck crowned head, no inscription but a ring of flat-topped pellets instead. Reverse: three similar pellets within a beaded concave-sided triangle, which is formed by linking up three rosettes in the inscription area with curved beaded lines. Between the triangle and the beaded ring forming the edge of the inscription area are three pointed-oval spaces, each one filled with a crown. No inscription but a ring of pellets interrupted by three four-petalled rosettes. Blind-drilled hole in the centre of the obverse. 13th or 14th…
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A64B56
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy book-clasp. The attachment end is rectangular, 33 mm long and 28 mm wide. The front and sides of the attachment end are cast in one piece and there is a thin sheet backplate, now incomplete, soldered on. The front has two small circular rivet holes, one in each outer corner; one of these retains a copper-alloy rivet. It is decorated with a panel of fine cross-hatching surrounded by an engraved line. On the panel, and crossing over at the bottom into the undecorated border, are three reserved black-letter initials. They read xpc (in lower case) with an abbreviation mark ove…
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-7E6EF0
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nuremberg jetton. Rose/orb type. Obverse: 6-petalled rose with three crowns and three lis around. Inscription: * HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR (rosette initial mark). Reverse: small orb in double-strand trefoil with points in the angles. Inscription: * HEVT. ROT. MORGEN TODT (rosette initial mark) which can be translated as TODAY RED TOMORROW DEAD. Issued by Hans Krauwinckel II, working in Nuremberg from 1586 to 1635.
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-064D74
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy nummular brooch, 32 mm in diameter. Around the edge, both on the front and reverse, is a single ring of pellets. On the front, made up of short engraved lines, is a motif consisting of a profile head. There is a double band around the forehead, and behind this short lines for hair. There is a circular eye, and two lines forming the angle of a nose; below the nose is a downturned mouth. More lines make the shape of a shoulder and arm, probably swathed in drapery. In front of the face is a row of lines radiating out from the centre. The head is facing right. On the reverse …
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2004
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-DA73B8
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 11A, depicting a lion in high relief, in profile facing the left. The lion is looking upwards and its front paw is raised. Extra decoration has been added to the grooves forming the mane, which have a zig-zag line in the bottom. The tail curls between the legs and up over the back, and ends in a clockwise-spiralling tip (most of this class have a tail-tip that spiral the other way). Between the back and front legs the metal has a hole, probably the result of a mis-casting in this very thin area. The mount is basically triangu…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2004
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr. Houghton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C972F7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy belt-mount. It is flat, quite thin (c. 1 mm) and almost square, measuring 33 x 34 mm. There is a copper-alloy rivet in each corner, 3 to 4 mm long, and the mount is decorated with a black-letter lower-case m, probably for the Virgin Mary. The m is on a background decorated with bold rocker-arm engraving, and all is enclosed within an engraved single-line border, which has been drawn with a couple of false starts. The style of the lettering dates it broadly to the 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr. Houghton', grid reference and parish protected.