Record ID: SUSS-79A5E1
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core of Mesolithic to early Neolithic date c. 9000-3300 BC. The core is conical with a single hard hammered striking platform with a pronounced bulb of percussion and a large area of cortex remaining. There are four unidirectional long blade removals around the core,two with hinged terminations.  The flint is transluscent grey in colour. Dimensions: length: 48.2mm; width: 39.7mm; height: 39.1mm and weight: 50.59g.  This core was found in scattered spread of flint finds; see: SUSS-793E72 and SUSS-66C0E8
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-793E72
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core of suggested Mesolithic to early Neolithic date c. 9000-3300 BC. The small core is conical with a single striking platform with regular unidirectional short flake removals around the core with some platform preparation; the point of the cone truncated. The flint is black in colour. Dimensions: length: 36.8mm; width: 27.8mm; height: 14.4mm and weight: 11.44g.  This core was found in scattered spread of flint finds; see: SUSS-79A5E1 and SUSS-66C0E8
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-66C0E8
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 7 incomplete struck flint blades (debitage) representing multiple periods of activity from the Mesolithic to early Neolithic periods c. 9000 BC - 3300 BC. The assemblage is composed of tertiary flakes; all of different shades of opaque black, opaque and translucent grey and translucent yellow. None show evidence of retouch. The largest black flake is hard hammer struck with a pronounced bulb of percussion. The rest are soft hammer struck, narrow blades of suggested Mesolithic to early Neolithic date c. 9000-3300BC.  Two cores were f…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-65DE09
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Medieval silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272-1307) class 10cf dating to AD 1305-1310. Mint of London.  Dimensions: diameter: 16.53mm,  weight: 0.93g
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-65B748
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of Helena (AD 324-341) PAX PVBLICA reverse type, dating between AD 337-340. (Reece period 17). Unclear mint.  Dimensions: diameter: 13.75mm,  thickness: 1.71mm,  weight: 1.17g. This coin was found within 2m of three other late roman coins: SUSS-659128; SUSS-65834D and SUSS-6560F3.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-659128
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate copying Tetricus II (AD 271-274) dating between AD 275-285 (Reece period 14).  PIETAS AVGG reverse type depicting sacrificial implements. Unclear mint prototype. Dimensions: diameter: 10.54mm,  thickness: 1.79mm,  weight: 0.68g. D/A: 7.  This coin was found within 2m of three other late roman coins:SUSS-65B748; SUSS-65834D and SUSS-6560F3.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-6560F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337) dating to AD 320. (Reece period 16). DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVG reverse type depicting VOT XX within wreath. Mint of Ticinum *//[P]T. Cf. RIC VII: p. 378 no: 130.  Diameter: 18.76mm,  thickness: 1.59mm,  weight: 1.74. This coin was found within 2m of three other late roman coins: SUSS-659128; SUSS-65B748 and SUSS-65834D.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-652A23
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead or lead alloy circular flat weight of Medieval to Post Medieval date c. 1280-1700. The flat weight is circular and thick with possible stamped illegible characters on one face with a rough surface. The reverse is smoother with two transverse impressed grooves (probably damage); with a series of incised lines, possibly the shoulders and bust of a helmeted figure facing right. The object has a buff patina. Measurements: diameter: 33.75mm; thickness: 8.41mm and weight: 71.2g.  Lead objects such as this are common metal detector finds but are rare fr…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-1218EB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius (AD 41-54) dating to period c. 41-54. (Reece Period 2). Reverse type Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and holding shield. Prototype mint of Rome, as RIC vol.I, p.128 no.100. Dimensions: diameter: 20.54mm,  thickness: 1.18mm,  weight: 3.84g Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS as…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-105D92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post medieval copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I (AD 1625-1649) dating c. 1636-1644. Probably Rose type 1 as North (1991) no.2288-2290.  The coin contains a copper-alloy (brass) wedge which was added to negate counterfeiting Dimensions: diameter: 13.75mm,  thickness: 0.70mm,  weight: 0.63g
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E5FC36
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of the Commonwealth (1649-1660). London Tower mint. As North (1991), number 2729.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E598DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily clipped and worn silver Medieval penny of Henry VI, first reign (1422-1462), possibly Rosette-Mascle issue dating to 1427-1430. Saltires by the hair on the obverse, saltire stops on the reverse. Mint of York.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E59744
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint flake of suggested middle Neolithic to early Bronze Age date c. 3300-1000 BC.  The secondary flake is elongated and sub-triangular in plan and cross-section; a small section of cortex surviving at the distal edge which has a chip at the terminal with fresh breaks suggesting more recent damage. The ventral surface is slightly concave with a pronounced bulb of percussion and raised rippling suggested hard hammer working. The dorsal surface has five removal scars with crude removals at the proximal end, possibly damage, but some finer …
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E48690
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating between AD 1550-1650 The frame is roughly oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section, with concave long sides with a projecting knop at either end of the pin bar. The outside edges of each loop also expand into a pointed knop, the internal outside edges are also slightly expanded creating a kidney shaped aperture. A loose copper alloy wrap around pin has survived in situ, formed from a copper strip measuring 22.11mm long. One loop has of the buckle has slightly bevelled inside edges, the o…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-D3C544
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate imitating an issue of an uncertain ruler dating to AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). Illegible reverse. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-D11BAD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and heavily worn silver half groat of Charles I (AD 1625 to AD 1649), Group D with inner circles to both sides and (R) initial mark dating to 1644 - 1645. London Tower mint. As North vol 2, p 162, no 2258. 
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-7F01F1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating between AD 1550-1650 The frame is roughly oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section, with concave long sides with a projecting knop at either end of the pin bar. The outside edges of each loop also expand into a pointed knop.  A loose copper alloy wrap around pin has survived, (free of the pin bar), measuring 12.03mm long. One loop has of the buckle has slightly bevelled inside edges, as well as a very narrow break in the frame near the pin bar. The buckle is light green in colo…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-79937A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval gold unite of Charles I (AD 1625-1649) Group B, second bust, castle initial mark dating to AD 1627-1628. Tower mint under Charles I. As North (1991) no. 2148a Dimensions: diameter: 32.75mm,  thickness: 0.75mm,  weight: 9.18g. The flan is possibly lightly clipped on one edge. 
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-413083
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Jew's harp (or Jaws harp) of Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1500 - 1800. The Jew's harp comprises a sub circular head with two tapering prongs, and is lozenge-shaped in cross section. A rabbat (notch) on one side at the apex of the head would have accommodated the tongue, which is now missing, the rabbat encrusted with iron corrosion. The object has a dark brown patina. Measurements: length: 50.39mm,  width (at head): 22.73mm,  thickness (at head): 6.52mm,  weight: 9.27g. Egan (1998:284) notes: Jews harps, or trumps have a …
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-3BA1AE
Object type: WALL PLASTER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Roman painted wall plaster dating c. AD 43-410. The fragment comprises a small fragment of oxidised ceramic tile with a thick layer of off-white plaster with abundant quartz and calcareous inclusions with some possible crushed flint. The upper surface is smooth and flat, possibly painted with a layer of grey paint.  Length: 59.47mm and width: 49.70mm thickness: 19.65mm and weight; 57.35g.  Scattered fragments of roof, wall and floor tile were found in the same field see: SUSS-3B8874.
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bosham', grid reference and parish protected.