Record ID: SUSS-354D06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy radiate or nummus struck for uncertain emperor, dating to c. AD 260-402. Obverse illegible. Reverse possibly two figures seated facing each other with circular disc between with illegible writing. Reece period and reverse type unknown due to extreme wear.
Created on: Monday 7th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-66DA74
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped oval buckle. (c.AD1350-1650). The buckle is very corroded and consists of two sub-oval loops. The loops are bevelled on the front and flat on the reverse. There is a narrow central strap bar with the remains of the pin corroded around he bar. There are traces of a black lacquer. It measures 23.6mm long, 19.1mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 2.26 grams. Similar type buckles can be seen in Whitehead (2003) pp53.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-118DDC
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An fragment of a Post Medieval handle AD1500-1600.The handle is possibly from a chafingdish.The copper alloy handle is about 20% of the original handle. It is sub-rectangular with with a small section of the bottom and part of the side of the handle. There is no visible decoration. The handle remains has a dark green patina. It imeasures 32.5mm long, 22.1mm wide and 4.5mm thick. It weighs 6.03 grams. Chafing dishes were domestic utensils made of metal or earthenware for holding burning charcoal or other combustible material. This was then used to cook food or keep it hot at the tab…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-113CD2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval copper alloy vessel. (AD 1200-1500). The fragment is possibly a small section of rim broken on three sides. The fragment is corroded. It has a mid green patina with brown corrosion marks. It is not decorated. The fragment measures 48.9mm long, 23.3mm wide, 2.3mm thick and weighs 11.54 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-0FADEB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy weight of uncertain date. The object is sub-conical, with a flat oval base and large circular aperture perforating from the top down through the vertical centre to the base. There is no decoration with the surface pitted. It is possibly that it may have been used as a spindle whorl as there is a slight incised line on the outer surface. It is a greyish white in colour. It measures 11mm high. The oval base measures 31.3mm long and 28.3mm wide. The centre aperture measures approximately 8.9mm diameter. The weight is 42.65 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-7E74C7
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver spoon, stem of hexagonal section bent and broken; the bowl fig-shaped with the mark of leopard's head crowned for London in the bowl, the bowl worn thin and torn. Judging by the shape, probably late 16th-17th Century. Compare the London find LON-2D6298, 2012T2 which has on the concave surface of the bowl the crowned leopard mark of London and, on the reverse of the handle, three further marks: the makers mark, the lion passant sterling standard mark and the date mark 'T' (1596-1597). Compare the seven silver spoons from the Netherhampton Hoard in the British …
Created on: Friday 8th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-7E5DC3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval incomplete silver double loop buckle of annular form, with simple moulded decoration at top and bottom above the central spindle. probably late 17th century in date. Close in form to a shoe or knee buckle judging by its small size and delicacy, but lacking a separate spindle for a stud chape. See R.Whitehead, Buckles, 1998, p. 48 and pp.96-7 for shoe buckles. The buckle measures 16.6mm long, 13.8mm wide, 1.4mm thick and weighs 0.67 grams..
Created on: Friday 8th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-7E3F28
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval gilded silver ball-headed pin. The hollow- cast head is formed of two hemispheres soldered together. The decoration on the upper half consists of three filigree wire circles with a smaller circle within and one central knop in each. The pin is circular in cross-section and has broken off near to its base. A type commonly reported through the Treasure Act; compare 2015T642 from Buckinghamshire, and three other similar pinheads from the same county: BUC-942356 [2006T197], BUC-167767 [2006T436] and BUC-F12348 [2011T238].
Created on: Friday 8th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-79D987
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval silver vervel (hawking ring). The ring is circular, made from sheet soldered to form a ring. The outer surface is decorated with a raised repeating pelleted pattern around the circumference with a bevelled band on either side. The internal surface of the ring is smooth and undecorated.Vervels were used to connect the leather jesses or thongs attached to hawk's legs to the leash which tied the bird to the block. They generally record the owner's name and place of origin, but this one is plain. There is no sign of damage to suggest that it had a separate silver …
Created on: Friday 8th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
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Record ID: SUSS-C7E51C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603 AD), Third issue. Initial mark: A. Illegible obverse and reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-C7976B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval chafing dish handle 1500-1600 AD. The copper alloy chaffing dish handle is about 45% of the original handle. It is sub-rectangular with part of a square projection where the attachment fitting would have been. The outer face of the handle has a border of evenly spaced low-relief pellets as decoration. The other side is undecorated. The edges of the handle are slightly bevelled and file marks are visible on these surfaces. The handle remains has a dark grey patina. It measures 63.5mm long, 7.8mm wide and 4.8mm thick. It weighs 28.39 grams. Chafing dishes…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-C73472
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy quillon or crossguard for a dagger or stilleto of early post-medieval date, 1500-1700 AD. Object consists of a thin flat faced bar, which widens towards the centre with an oval hole through it. The hole has a corroded iron fill. The ends of the bar are sub rectangular and face away at right angles from the block but face in the opposite direction from each other. The bar has a large triangular shaped piece of decoration resembling either feathers or a scallop shell project away from the bar in five sections. The quillon is corroded but does have a greyish gree…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-C6B044
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy horse harness pendant dating from the 13th-14th century AD. The harness pendant consists of a shield shaped pendant body with a sub-triangular suspension loop which is damaged having been broken at the base of the hole. The hole would have run parallel to the front face of the pendant. The front face of the pendant bears traces of decoration but the heraldic motif is illegible due to severe surface wear. The reverse is undecorated. The harness pendant measures 35.7mm long including the remains of the loop. It is 22.4mm maximum width, 1.…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-C670AF
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy square coin weight c.1500 to 1650. One side has been decorated with a ship with a tall mast wiithin a beaded circle. The other side of the weight is possibly decorated with an anchor. The weight measures 16mm long, 15.7mm wide, 3.3mm thick ans it weighs 5.16 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2017
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Record ID: SUSS-C618E5
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn and damaged cast copper-alloy animal rumbler or 'crotal' bell of later Post Medieval date 1700-1850AD. The bell is in three parts. Two outer surfaces each containing a section of the upper and lower bell, and the corroded iron pea. About 10% of one side of the bell is missing. The bell is sub-spherical and comprises two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The top hemisphere has two circular sound holes and a sub oval suspension loop with drilled circular hole projecting from the top. The loop may have been attached after casting or is a rep…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-C59614
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn and damaged cast copper-alloy animal rumbler or 'crotal' bell of later Post Medieval date, probably c. late 18th century AD. Three quarters of the bell remain. The bell is sub-spherical and comprises of two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The top hemisphere has two circular sound holes and a sub-square suspension loop with drilled circular hole projecting from the top. The hole was drilled later into the solid cast loop suggesting it was made before the introduction of the detachable 'sprue-piece' method in the mid-17th century. The low…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-B535FA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn bent Medieval silver half real coin, turned love token of Ferdinand and Isabella (1469-1502 AD). Although very worn, the obverse appears to have the 'Yoke of Aragon' the symbol of Ferdinand, while the reverse carries Isabella's mark, the Arrows of Castile. The legend is very worn legends and cannot be determined.
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-B4EDEE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped post-Medieval silver penny of Charles I (1625-1649), Obverse:Crowned bust left with I behind head.CAROLVS DG [MAG BRI FR ET HIB] REX Reverse:Oval garnished shield. IVSTITIA [THRO] NVM.FIRMAT ('Justice strengthens the throne') cf. North 1994 volume 2, page 183, 2511
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-B43E22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver sixpence of James I, dating to AD 1606. Initial mark: escallop. Tower mint of London. Cf. North 1991, Vol II, p146, No. 2103.
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-B294CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double loop trapezoidal buckle, c. 1620-1680 AD. The buckle has a narrowed strap bar and the pin is missing. The buckle frame has trefoil shaped ends and small lobed protrusion at either side of the strap bar. There is a small incised notch at the centre of the central foil on the outer edge of each loop, which would have served as a pin rest. There is also a transverse line on the outer edge of each loop. The buckle measure 34.9mm long, 23.6mm wide (at outer loop), 2.1mm thick and weighs 4.73grams. A similar example can be seen in Whi…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
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