Record ID: SUSS-C60AAB
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of incomplete early medieval, gilded copper alloy, saucer brooches and beads, 5th-6th century in date, AD.450-600. The brooches are a matched pair with near identical design, they are concave saucer shaped with circular decorations in the base of the saucer. They are incomplete, with damage around the rim of the saucers and to the pins, one now missing and the other separated from the rear of the brooch. The decoration is the same for both brooches and is close to Salin 1 in style, it features a central small cross set within a ring. This is in turn surrounded by linear hatchin…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Sussex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D2F843
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver penny of Edward I, AD.1272-1307, Canturbury mint, North, class 3g AD.1280-81. Obverse, Bust of king facing, quite worn, EDW [REX ANGL D]NS HYB Reverse, Long cross with three pellets in angles. CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR Weight: 1.03g Diameter: 17.06mm
Created on: Friday 24th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-7DD143
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy Jetton, AD.1400-1600. Obverse, Shield within a tressured border with four lis on it. The shied has a square top and trianguar bottom. Reverse, a cross fourchee with flowers in the angles growing on stems from the surrounding border. Each flower has 4 petals and a single thron/leaf on the curving stem. The legends on the jetton are quite worn and corroded making them difficult to read.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-119E87
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, post medieval, copper alloy, square mount with traces of surface gilding and four in situ rivets AD.1500-1700. This is a lozenge shaped mount with a domed centre that would originally have been decorated, though the object is now worn and the design is illegible. There are four rivets that are placed at the corners of the mount, these have near spherical heads and the shanks have been peened over. The rivets are of copper alloy. The upper surface would originaly have been gilded, some of which is retained, around the rivets where the wear is less. Length: 25.64mm Height…
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-FD3253
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman, base silver radiate, possibly of Gallienus with a drilled hole piercing through it AD.260-275, Reece period13. Reverse, standing male figure left with cloak in left hand, [...CO...A]. The coin has been pierced from the reverse side, there is a conical hole that passes through. The hole has been drilled through beside the head of the standing figure and behind the crown of the obverse bust. It is possible that this was done to demonetarise the coin but also possible to use it as a pendant. Weight: 2.82g Diameter: 20.77mm
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Record ID: SUSS-55719E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early-medieval silver penny of Offa of Merica (757-796), Light Coinage (c.765-92; non-portrait type, mint: Canterbury, moneyer: Eoba (North 260; Chick 102). Refs: North 1994: 83; Chick 2010. Obverse: [O/F]/RX/m; letters separated by a long cross with single pellets in voids and a pellet at each terminal. Reverse: [E/O]/B/A; letters seperated by cross with pellet-in-annulet terminals; the centre of the cross has an annulet containing a pellet cross. The coin is heavily damaged with approximately a third surviving. Coin has a pelleted border around the edge on …
Created on: Monday 6th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-550F6A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late early-medieval copper alloy link from a horse harness, AD.1000-1100. The piece consists of a copper alloy ring with three small knops at cardinal points around the edge. There is a linear projection from one of the points with a broken terminal where it would have eventually connected to another ring. The piece is heavily corroded and has a brown, green colour. A similar example can be found in Read 2001, No.474-476. Length: 30.04mm Width: 8.78mm Thickness: 4.43mm Weight: 3.94g Diameter: 19.47mm Read, B. 2001, Metal Artefacts in Antiquity Portcullis …
Created on: Monday 6th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
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Record ID: SUSS-5417BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval-post medieval Venetian Silver Soldino of Doge Agostin Babarigio, AD.1486-1501. Obverse depicts the Doge kneeling before Saint Mark, legend, AV.BAR.DVX.S.M.V. Reverse, Christ standing with halo, holding cross, LAVS TIBI SOLI with M.D. in exergue. See also SWYOR-67BD1C. Weight: 0.25g Diameter: 12.39mm
Created on: Monday 6th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-ED93A0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Medieval gold finger ring, AD.1150-1450. The ring has a circular hoop with a circular section through the band and a triangular, stirrup shaped bezel with a very small green stone or glass set into it. The band and bezel are otherwise undecorated. Similar rings can be found in Egan and Pritchard 1991, no.1608 and 1609. These are dated from the mid 12th to the 15th century. an almost identical ring can be found on the database as NLM-0BEC29, also submitted as treasure. Width: 2.6mm Thickness: 1.33mm Weight: 1.62g Diameter: 20.24mm
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Patching', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EC7134
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast, Middle Bronze Age, copper alloy, palstave, 1550-1150 BC. The axe has a curved flared blade that tapers towards the central stop ridge. The rear half of the palstave is subrectangular in shape, thought the very tip of the butt is missing. This rear half has U shaped concave flanks with traces of longitudinal ridges on the interior of the depression. The profile of the tool is diamond shaped, tapering from the stop ridge towards the butt and the blade. The palstave is covered in a bright green patina and is heavily pitted with much of the original surface of the obje…
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-583172
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Medieval, AD.14th-16th century, copper alloy cauldron, representing one of the supporting feet, AD.1300-1500. The foot is shaped into the form of an armoured lower leg with greave and sabaton depicted. The tip of the foot is missing and the piece has been broken away from the cauldron at the top. There is a chevron shaped ridge that separates the foot from the shin of the leg, The leg is flat along the inside and outside edges and along the back of the leg. The object has a dark green patina all over. Its design is reminiscent of effigy brasses and sculpture. The find is…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-7E9D11
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a late Anglo-Saxon cast silver hooked tag, comprising the hook, animal-head terminal and part of the plate. Judging by the curvature of the surviving portion of the plate, it was originally circular or sub-circular in form. It has an incised stepped border and the remains of a more complex design in the central field, now limited to two tendril-like terminals. An animal's head viewed from above projects from the lower edge. It has circular ears with central semi-circular depressions, and incised details on the face. Transverse grooves mark the junction between the animal's…
Created on: Friday 8th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-4EDDA0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy token dating to the Post-Medieval period. This type of token is known as 'Lyon counter', and dates c. 1575-1589. The obverse of the token depicts a lion facing left, rampant, within a circular border in the form of a belt or garter. At the top of the token above the lion, a tri-lobed crown is visible. The legend set within the circular border (now largely illegible) would have originally read; 'HONI SOI QUI MAL Y PE', the motto of the order of the garter. The reverse of the token depicts the crowned arms of France (modern) between two crowned pillars. These pilla…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-40A1A6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy standing or hanging weight of uncertain date, probably Roman to Post Medieval, c. 43-1700 AD. The weight is roughly bell shaped, with a thick ridge at its top (though no aperture for suspension) and a prominent dimple in its base. The object is relatively well made, and survives in good condition with a patchy whitish brown patina. The lack of a perforation or aperture in the pre-prepared suspension area suggests that this weight may not have been finished properly, or possibly only existed in order to make the piece easier to pick up. The weight stands 29.4…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-408245
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy animal rumbler or 'crotal' bell dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1500-1700. The bell survives in very good condition, with its sub-rectangular integral suspension loop and internal iron pea present. From the suspension loop, a series of radiating lines decorate the top of the bell, while the bottom half underneath the latitudinal ridge which divides the object in two has been covered with a 'fishscale' pattern. From the top of the suspension loop to the base of the sound chamber the bell measures 36.93mm, the maximum central diameter of the object is 29.2…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4068C0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy single looped buckle of Medieval date, c. 1250-1400. The buckle is symmetrical in plan view, with a constricted pin bar and equal armed sub-oval frame that terminates in two prominent lobed knops at each end of the pin rest and outer frame which itself is straight. In the middle of the pin rest, a roller mechanism has been manufactured out of sheet metal which is decorated with a series of shallow incised parallel lines. The buckle retains its pin, comprising of a single piece of metal which is wrapped relatively loosely around the inner frame. The object …
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4045F1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1750. The mount takes the form of a Tudor rose, with moulded floral decoration on its outer surface. Parts of the edges of the mount have broken away in old damage, although the two fixing lugs on the back of the object survive intact despite some bending. The object measures 21.56mm in diameter, is 2.48mm thick and weighs 5.66 grammes.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4032EE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1750. The mount takes the form of a Tudor rose, which demonstrates some surviving gilding on its decorated face. On the back of the mount two fixing lugs are present, although these are bent outwards. A small section of the main body of the mount has broken away in old damage. It measures 32.10mm in diameter, 1.70mm thick and weighs 7.37 grammes.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4008DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman dupondius or as of uncertain emperor, dating from the first to mid-third century AD. Reece period unknown, mint of Rome. Almost all the details on this coin are illegible except for a very degraded bust on the obverse, although the reverse appears to depict a standing figure facing left, with right arm outstretched.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-3FD455
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Early Medieval stirrup mount of Anglo-Scandinavian association, dating to the 11th century AD. The mount is lozengiform in plan view, and plano-convex in section, with a circular suspension loop set above the main body of the object. At the bottom of the mount, the object curves inwards slightly so as to give the impression of a retrograde 'L' shape in profile view. At the bottom of this section of the object, a rivet hole is visible though the rivet itself is missing, with only some ferrous corrosion products on the back of the object to ever indicate its…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 15th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.