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Record ID: SUSS-E3F06D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy contemporary 'barbarous' copy of a Roman radiate coin, dating from AD c.275-285 (Reece period 14). Reverse type illegible. Mint unknown.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-65173A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold plated copper alloy stater of Tincomarus of the Atrebates dating from 20 BC - AD 10. ABC 1067; BMC 770-774. The first face has COM.F in an incuse tablet on a plain field; the second face depicts a warrior on rearing horse right, holding spear, with TIN below with pellets below tail and star behind.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-103D66
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy 'Sussex Loop' bracelet of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1400-1250 BC. The fragment consists of one-half of one of the double loop strands, which is lozenge-shaped in cross-section and terminates in the flattened sub-oval terminal hook, which would have fitted the arm band to the other looped element of the bracelet. The apex of the lozenge cross-section has been decorated with small incised lines, positioned slightly obliquely across the apex. The terminal end has been further decorated with two other raised ridges flanking the central apex mentioned abo…
Created on: Friday 16th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-41B7D0
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy possibly authentic Chinese hand cannon, discovered in an area known for having an old arms factory in the 19th century AD. It is therefore possible that this item was obtained in the Post Medieval or early Modern period as some form of collector's piece or study object. The item is roughly cylindrical with an off-centre basal lug and touch-hole, which connects a slightly smaller cylindrical segment which has a flat bottom connecting to the lug with a completely hollow slightly longer cylinder on the other end. Both ends taper slightly outwards at the…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-41369B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified object of uncertain date and attribution. The object consists of a large conical sheet of copper alloy that has been turned into an open-ended cone, lined within by a thin curved piece of wood fixed in place by means of an irregularly shaped rivet on one side of the sheet with a similar circular rivet hole on the other side. The edge where the sheet has been turned into a cone and soldered into place is visible and there is some damage on that edge where the plate has been torn away from the solder line. The object has an uneven green colour and has areas of rough te…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-943685
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic terminal for a late Early Medieval stirrup of Anglo-Scandinavian attribution, dating to c. AD 1000 - c. 1100. The remains of the stirrup terminal consists of the solid-cast lower portion of the terminal with a small attached portion of its semi-circular sectioned open segment, now broken probably due to in situ damage. A portion of this open segment is visible on the reverse of the object, which has a triangular hollow to accommodate the diagonal arm of the stirrup. The top of this hollow section is open, while the bottom is closed with a a s…
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Sunday 12th June 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-929D3F
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn cast copper-alloy Early Medieval stirrup strap mount of Anglo-Scandinavian and possibly Continental association, dating from AD 1000-1100. The stirrup strap mount is roughly rectangular in plan, with one long edge set at an approximately 45-degree angle with two circular rivet holes spaced evenly along the edge; the opposite long edge seems to have had at least two circular rivet holes as well, but positioned near to the corner edges of the object, with three undulating raised curved knops in between the rivet holes. Both long edges have suffered damage, with the lat…
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-9256B7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and debased cast copper-alloy fragment of an Early Medieval zoomorphic stirrup strap terminal of Anglo-Scandinavian association, c. AD 1050-1150. The object is pointed oval in shape and triangular in cross-section at both pointed ends, and hemispherical in cross-section at the centre. One pointed end is significantly larger than the other, but this is due to damage rather than purposeful shaping of the object. Instead of the usual zoomorphic features of ears, eyes and snout, the decoration has been limited to a debased version with just the central incised lattice and a se…
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-915A1E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A selection of four pottery sherds of Medieval Clay Hill type ware, dating from c. AD 1175-1225. All of the sherds consist of body sherds with a darker orange-red colour. All sherds possess very small inclusions of sand and medium-small inclusions of flint, which are pervasive throughout the material. Found in conjunction with nine pottery sherds of Lewes Castle Ware, dating from c. AD 1050-1175. Total weight 7.68 grams.
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-91423E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A selection of nine pottery sherds of Medieval Lewes flinty ware, dating from c. AD 1050-1175. All of the sherds except for one small fragment consist of body sherds, with the latter a rim sherd. The external faces of the sherds range from a light reddish-orange to buff-white to reddish-brown in colour, with the interior surfaces similar in colour. All sherds possess large inclusions of flint, which are pervasive throughout the material. Total weight 48.64 grams.
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-5744C2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A ceramic sherd of a Roman Dressel 37 decorated Samian bowl, c. late 1st-2nd century AD. The sherd consists of a trapezoidal fragment of the bowl, without rim or base segments and both glazed surfaces are reddish-orange in colour with pinkish-red coloured clay at all breaks. The outer face of the sherd has been decoraed elaborately with what seems to be a multiple person scene; one foot is seen slightly apart from two others and facing the other set in profile, whereas out of the two which seem to belong together, the reverse of one leg has been carefully moulded, with incised lines e…
Created on: Friday 25th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-570C83
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete Post Medieval mount with two intergrally cast pointed lugs, c. 17th century AD. The mount is formed in the shape of a flat trefoil, probably an abraded clover leaf with stem. All three of the lobes are slightly domed, with a convex outer face and concave reverse; there is a slightly raised circular centre visible, in spite of severe surface wear, although the centre is not concave on the reverse but flat. The stem is triangular in shape and slightly bent. The two integrally-cast lugs are conical and pointed. The mount measures 22.61 mm long, 19.67 mm wide, 2.74 m…
Created on: Friday 25th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-56C670
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Post Medieval decorative dress hook, c. mid-16th-17th century AD. The remains of the dress hook consists of the one-piece, shallow convex decorated plate, which is formed into the shape of an acorn, with a debased trefoil attachment knop and circular hole at the apex of the acorn and two further circular attachment-knops with circular holes positioned opposite one another at the base of the acorn. The two base attachment-knops flank the remaining fragment of the sub-rectangular blunt hook, which has broken at the bottom edge as it turns upwards; the hook wou…
Created on: Friday 25th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-554CAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver half groat of Elizabeth I, dating from AD 1591/2-1594. Third Issue. Initial mark: tun. Tower mint of London. Cf. North 1991 Vol II, p. 137, no. 2016.
Created on: Friday 25th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-5527E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman radiate coin dating from AD 260-296. Reverse type illegible depicting a standing figure holding a spherical attribute in left hand with right hand outstretched with further illegible attribute. Mint unknown.
Created on: Friday 25th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-2BFF40
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Charles I, dating from AD 1631-1632. North Group C, Third Bust. Initial mark: Rose. Tower mint of London. Cf. North 1991 Vol II, p. 160, nos. 2238-2239. There are some circumferential losses to this coin as well as surface wear, obscuring some detail.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-2BA2FD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Medieval single loop buckle with integral, forked spacer, dating from c. AD 1350-1450. The fragment consists of the single loop oval frame with pointed, lipped outer edge with a small attached fragment of the forked spacer, which is flat with a sub-triangular opening in between the forks. The buckle is missing most of its forked spacer and the overlaying buckle plate. It measures 26.46 mm long, 23.33 mm wide (at buckle frame), 2.32 mm thick and weighs 3.02 grams. Cf. Whitehead 2003, p. 36.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-042F61
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of Richard I to John, probably dating from c. AD 1194-1205. North Class 4. Moneyer: Richard; Mint of London. Possibly Class 4b-4c. Cf. Wren p. 40; also North 1994 Vol I, pp. 220-221, nos. 968/1-968/3. This identification is based upon scant evident of a wildly pelleted obverse beard and coarsely constructed bust, within the usual semi-circular collar; these details, coupled with the style of the remaining lettering suggests that this coin must be of Wren Class 4.
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-03D0FA
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy probably Medieval pendant hanger component, dating from the c. 13th-14th century AD. The portion of the object remaining formed a middle piece, which would have secured the pendant itself to the harness pendant mount bar above. The object consists of a circular suspension loop with circular suspension hole running parallel to the outer surface of the pendant 'arm' or plate below; the pendant plate is rectangular, with a bifurcated harness pendant hanger below. The bifurcated pendant hanger has to symmetrical suspension loops with circular rivets; these …
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-02A321
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy animal rumbler or 'crotal' bell. No maker's mark visible. The bell consists of an integrally cast suspension loop with circular hole running perpendicular to the sound slit below. The upper hemisphere of the bell has two circular sound holes and seems to be plain or perhaps decorated in a 'sunburst' pattern, now illegible; the lower hemisphere is decorated in a fishscale pattern, with an elongated sound slit and attached large circular sound holes (one broken slightly). The pea is missing. It measures 39.76 mm high, 30.59 mm diameter a…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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