Record ID: SUSS-EF0965
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Modern (AD c.1800-1900) multi socket pocket watch winder key. The object comprises a cast ring with four subrectangular knops project that measure 3.36mm in length and are 4.12mm in width; two of these are at opposite ends of the circle at 0 degrees and 180 degrees, with two further knops at 225 degrees and 270 degrees. The hole in the centre of the object and this is circular, measuring 7.03mm in diameter. Full diameter 20.74mm, thickness 3.92mm, weight 1.75g. The complete object would have had six cylindrical sockets of different diam…
Created on: Monday 29th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Around Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D36C93
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus issued by the House of Constantine, probably between AD 335-341 AD (Reece Period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type, depicting two soldiers with a single standard at centre, both holding spears in outer hands and inner hand resting on shield. Mint unknown. The coin is damaged at the 4 o'clock position on the obverse and the obverse legend is completely illegible. Mint mark missing.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SUSS-98A105
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily clipped, worn and damaged silver long cross penny of unknown, monarch, mint and moneyer. Further details illegible. Approximately 30% of the outer edge of the coin is missing as a result of post deposition damage. circa 1279-1489.
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-95CB12
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and damaged silver long cross penny, possibly an Edward III pre-treaty issue. Annulet present in the centre of the pellets in at least one quarter of the reverse. Approximately 5% of the outer edge of the coin is missing as a result of post deposition damage. AD1351-1361.
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-7E7762
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver short cross penny of John. Canterbury mint, Moneyer IOHAN. Class 6b(2), North, English Hammered Coinage vol 1 (1994) p222, No.975/2. AD1213-1215.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-6D7C25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and heavily clipped silver coin, probably a groat of Elizabeth I. Due to post deposition damage only approximately 80% of the coin remains. The coin was minted at the Tower mint in London. North, English Hammered Coins Vol 2; p110, No.1986, AD 1558-1561.
Created on: Monday 28th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-344B14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and corroded silver long cross halfpenny of Henry V. The very poor condition of the coin precludes a definitive identification but the annulets by the hair on either side of the bust, suggest it is Withers type 5b(iii). The coin was minted in London between AD1413 and 1422
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-301244
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A badly corroded and fragmented silver long cross penny of unknown monarch. Other than determining that the crown is bifoliate and the reverse is a long cross patee, no further diagnostic details are legible. AD1302-1489.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2F7737
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily clipped silver groat of Edward IV. The initial mark is a rose and the coin was minted in London. The coin is class III and dates to circa AD1461-1464. North; English Hammered Coinage vol 2 (1975) p68, No 1532.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2EB477
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver long cross penny of Edward I. The initial mark is a cross pattee and the coin was minted in London. The coin is class Va or Vb and dates to circa AD1290-1291. North; English Hammered Coinage vol 2 (1975) p23, No 1028/1029.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-762D57
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount of probable Roman date. The object consists of a zoomorphic finial, moulded in three dimensions and in the shape of a stylised bird. The bird, which resembles a duck, is rendered in a sitting position with its neck upright, wings folded, and a slightly upturned tapering tail. It is integrally cast with an oval base. Beneath the base and aligned with its long axis there is a flat triangular-shaped projecting lug. Part of the head and beak of the bird are missing from an old break. There are similar mounts on the PAS database a number of which are tentatively i…
Created on: Saturday 17th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-268E92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I. The initial mark is a lion and the coin was minted in London. The coin is dated 1567 above the shield on the reverse. North English Hammered Coinage Vol 2 ( ) p No.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E989C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and corroded Early Anglo-Saxon gilded copper alloy saucer brooch. In plan the brooch was originally circular in form but only approximately two thirds now survives. Inset from the circumference there is an inner concentric circle, at the centre of which there is a dot immediately surrounded by a small circle. This inner circle is in-turn surrounded by five evenly spaced scrolls or running spirals, which curve from the outside in, and terminate in a small circular boss. The edge is slightly upturned and has several small points where a tiny amount of original gilding remains.…
Created on: Sunday 5th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-AE5273
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval uniface lead alloy token. The token is 4mm thick and is circular in plan. One side is decorated with a raised retrograde capitalised "R" motif. The token is Powell type 2, which according to Powell in his Leaden Tokens Telegraph; (Issue 77, Sept 2011) page 2; in the South East are sometimes associated with hop picking activity. The token dates from 17th to 19th centuries, weighs 12.97g and is 21.5mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Last updated: Sunday 2nd December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-AD6232
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy bar mount. In plan the mount consists of a central convex sub-oval section flanked at either end by a smaller sub-circular moulded knop. The face of the central section has four transverse grooves across its mid section. Each end knop is pierced in the centre with a rivet hole, both of which still have remnants of the copper alloy rivet in-situ which protrude for approximately 0.5mm from the reverse side. The reverse of the central oval section is concave. Similar bar mounts are shown in Egan, Dress Accessories 1150-1450 (2004) p214, No.1160/1161 and are dated …
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-ACDDD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver long cross penny of Edward II or Edward III (probably Fox class 15). Obverse +EDW[.] R A[...] DNS hYB with bi-foliate crown; Reverse CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR. The coin was minted at Canterbury.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-82D416
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy uninscribed multi-head cruciform seal matrix. The matrix originally comprised four circular seals (14.5mm dia) with conical heads, arranged in a cruciform shape around an integrally cast ring. Only two conjoined seal heads remain, the other two have been lost through damage. The design of the two remaining matrices are difficult to resolve due to wear and corrosion, but one consists of a heart (possibly crowned) pierced by an arrow, and the other appears to be a zoomorphic design. A similar matrix configuration is shown in HESH-BF8422. Likewise…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-845742
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval silver cut short cross farthing issued under a Plantagenet Monarch. The coin was minted at the Rhuddlan mint in Wales probably by the moneyer HALLI. The Reverse barred N on the reverse legend identifies it as Class (i) or (ii) and dates it between circa AD 1180-1204. North; English Hammered Coinage Vol 1; (1994) p221; 971/1, 972/2.
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-BF0701
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327). The coin has been double-struck, most noticeably on the reverse. Berwick mint; probably Withers type 8(c); AD 1312-1318.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A9FC22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272-1307). Bristol mint; North; English Hammered Coinage vol 2 (1975) p22; No 1019; Class III(d); AD 1280-1281
Created on: Monday 9th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.