Record ID: SUSS-8BAF6E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An inscribed Iron Age gold stater of the Atrebates / southern region, probably of "Commios Muzzles" type dating to 50-20 BC. Obverse: wreath design with two hidden faces, right. Reverse: triple tailed horse, right with five spoked wheel below and annulet behind; charioteer's arm and three horse muzzles above. cf. ABC 1022; BMC 724-729; VA 350. Diameter: 17.35mm; thickness: 3.29mm and weight: 5.50g.
Created on: Saturday 20th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-8B992F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold angel of Edward IV's second reign (1471-1483), Blunt and Whitton type XXI (North 1626; Spink 2091), mint: London, struck between early 1480- 12th February 1483; initial mark: heraldic cinquefoil. Ref: North 1991: p.92; Spink 2016: 221. Obverse: Standing facing image of the Archangel Michael slaying a dragon. Legend: +EDWARD: D[..]RA :REX AnGL'[.] Z FRAnC (double saltire stops) Reverse: Image of a galley at sea overlaid with a quartered shield Legend: +PER CRVCE TVA SALVA nOS XPC; REDEmPT' (saltire and double s…
Created on: Saturday 20th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-417291
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A folded strip of sheet gold with raised mouldings, probably a first century Roman wide-cuff bracelet of armilla type. The decoration is composed of five parallel mouldings, with the outer two and the inner one plain ribs and the other two of rope style. There are visible file marks in a number of places and the terminals appear to have been cut. There is a circular piercing, made from back through to front, near one terminal. Dimensions: L. (doubled over): 71.3mm W.: 8.1mm Wt.: 7.69g Discussion: as noted on the PAS record, this object can be paralleled with cuff bracelets of armill…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pagham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E87D3D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete Early Medieval Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pyramidal mount, a strap fitting from a scabbard or sword-belt dating c. AD 600-700. The hollow pyramidal mount has a square base with rounded corners, and four main triangular faces terminating in a flat top. Each side is decorated with an almost identical complicated cloisonné design of gold cells set with plate and bar garnets mounted over waffle stamped gold foils. Some of the garnets are missing and some cells contain earth, making it difficult to assess exactly ho…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Stopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-7E6728
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete but broken medieval gold stirrup finger ring with blue gemstone setting dating to c. AD 1150-1450.  The hoop of the ring is circular, although the section opposite the bezel has been broken and bent into a straight strip.  The hoop widens to form a triangular bezel which is trapezoidal in profile.  The bezel is inset with a blue gemstone, possibly a sapphire.  There is no additional decoration on the ring.  Dimensions:  D: 19.77mm, W: 2.43mm, T: 0.83mm, Weight: 3.08g. Discussion:  Stirrup style finger rings with gems…
Created on: Monday 31st January 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elsted and Treyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-17276F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold Roman finger ring with phallus dating c. AD 43 - 200. The thick, sub-oval hoop is small and D-shaped in cross-section at the plain shoulders which taper to a more oval section at the base of the hoop. The simple, flat oval bezel is decorated with a schematic phallus (5.02mm long), which has been soldered in place. It is formed of two granulated pellets and a separate circular-sectioned rod with one flat end, (adjacent to the pellets/testes), and one rounded at the tip.  The object was found on the foreshore and the gold surface is pit…
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Climping', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2F13E8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete Early Medieval gold finger ring decorated with granulation, filigree and enamel inlay dating to the 9th or 10th centuries. The ring is crushed and twisted with a break at the base of the hoop. A strip of sheet gold forms the hoop with a separate, circular, bezel with cloisonné enamelling. The hoop, which has a flat rectangular section, widens to the shoulder at the bezel, on the underside of which is a stepped, transverse, joint. The bezel contains six cells of dark green and blue cloisonné enamel: a central, circular,…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Greatham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3C8EAE
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A broken fragment of a gold ingot, 9.7mm in length, 10.1mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighing 3.84g. The fragment has ragged breaks at both ends and a sub rectangular to trapezoidal cross section, with irregular edges characteristic of being hand worked; one edge being bevelled and the other recessed with a concave centre line. The surface is undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: SUR-D0CDD0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold gem-set ring of medieval date with an inscribed hoop, which has become distorted, most likely by post-depositional damage. The bezel is constructed from gold sheet and is hollow and rectangular, measuring 10.27mm by 10.1mm and 4mm thick, with a sub-rectangular cross section. It is flanked by a pair of small flanges decorated with a ridged pattern of small parallel lines. The stone itself is sub-rectangular and has a heavily abraded surface; this damage in the absence of any mechanical abrasion to the gold suggests geochemical erosion and that the material is amber. The hoop, w…
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F8CB03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold solidus of Constans (AD 333-350), dating to the period c.AD 340-350 (Reece period 17). VICTORIAE DD NN AVGG reverse type depicting Two Victories standing facing one another holding a wreath inscribed VOT/X/MVL/XX. Mint of Siscia. as RIC VIII, p. 358, no. 125. There is slight damage to the base of the flan when viewed from the obverse.
Created on: Wednesday 4th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-6383C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age uninscribed Gallo-Belgic stater of the Ambiani, dating to the period c.60-50 BC, Gallic War Uniface type. Obverse: Plain. Reverse: Sinuous horse right, pellet below. As ABC, p. 28, no. 16.
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arun Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-6330E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age uninscribed stater of the Southern Region / Regini, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, Wonersh type. Obverse: Crossed wreaths, outline crescents at centre, stylised locks of hair in each angle. Reverse: Horse right, multi-armed spiral sun above, wheel below. As ABC, p. 50, no. 527; BMC nos. 351-356.
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horsham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-6E2519
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An extremely worn uniscribed uniface Iron Age gold quarter stater of unclear type, probably dating to the period c.80-20 BC. Obverse: Plain. Reverse: Unclear geometric motifs. This coin may be an extremely worn Gallo-Belgic issue, or perhaps more plausibly a small insular quarter stater of unclear type, perhaps related to other types from southern Britain, cf. ABC nos. 533, 536, etc. It measures 12.45mm in diameter and 0.62g in weight.
Created on: Monday 29th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
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Record ID: SUR-EFB639
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, Late Bronze Age penannular ring (or lock-ring) made from decorated gold sheet around a copper alloy core. The ring is oval in plan with a triangular cross-sectional profile. The face has a pronounced midrib and eight smaller concentric ribs running around either side of the face (17 ribs in total) suggesting construction from gold wire, in contrast to the gold sheeting of the inner surface and terminals which is flat and undecorated. The opening in the ring has been damaged, with the gold plate broken to reveal the corroded copper alloy core. One of the terminals has split…
Created on: Monday 28th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-D83432
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A single fragment of gold ‘bar’ of probable prehistoric date. Description: It is snipped (in a pincer-like or ‘chisel-cut’ way) on either end. The object has a sub-hexagonal cross-section. Dimensions: Length: 18mm; Width: 6mm; Thickness: 4.5mm; Weight: 4.32g Metal composition: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of a gold bar fragment by the British Museum, indicated a surface composition of approximately 81-83% gold, 14-16% silver, the rest being largely copper. See appended report. Discussion: This fragment is similar in appearance – and, perhap…
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elsted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-F1A729
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A folded fragment from a gold strip dating to the Bronze Age c.1500-800 BCE. A flat gold sheet that has been folded flat against itself over 180 degrees. One original terminal survives which ends in a curved convex edge. The opposite terminal of the fragment ends in a clean transverse break. The outer surface of the sheet has incised decoration consisting of 10 parallel lines that run the length of the object taking up its entire width. This creates a ridged design. The reverse is plain although traces of the upper design’s creation are faintly visible. The objec…
Created on: Monday 30th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-41A536
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age uninscribed stater, Gallo-Belgic import of the Ambiani, dating to the period c. 60-50 BC, 'Gallic War Uniface' type. Obverse: plain. Reverse: Sinuous horse facing right, single pellet below, pellets above. As ABC, p.28, no.16.
Created on: Wednesday 14th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-1CBAB0
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, copper cored, gold, Bronze Age, penannular ring, 1800-1000BC. The ring is is penannular with a small gap between the terminals, which are flat. The ring is circular in cross section. There is substantial copper alloy corrosion on the interior surface of the ring, suggesting that the ring has a copper alloy core, similar to other examples (SUSS-5EF5C1). These rings are often erroneously referred to as 'ring money' though there is no evidence to suggest that they were used as currency. They are predominantly believed to have been used for personal adornment, such as earri…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-A85EB8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age quarter stater of the North Thames / Eastern region, c.60-20 BC, 'Maldon Wheel' type. Obverse depicts stylised hair above a wreath with crescents and ringed pellets joined by a beaded line, and a wheel attached to a spike. The reverse depicts a stylised horse right, sunburst above, pellet boss below. As ABC p. 115, no. 2234; CCI-982138, CCI-20926, CCI-20852.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5A87AA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold quarter-stater struck for Tincomarus of the Atrebates and Regni, dating c. 25 BC-10 AD. Chris Rudd's 'Tincomarus Tic Horse' type. Unknown mint. Obverse: COM F in rectangular tablet. Reverse; horse rearing left, TI above, C below. ABC p. 68, no. 1088, Van Arsdell 388, BMC 842-851.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.