Sussex Portable Antiquities Scheme Team
@sussexflo.bsky.social
The Sussex PAS team records archaeological finds discovered by the public. This page is to provide a window into our work, and provide information regarding events and finds days.
Calling Sussex Finders! I will be at Fishbourne Roman Palace this Saturday 22nd November for a finds surgery 10.00 - 13.00. Email me on flo@sussexpast.co.uk for an appointment if you have some archaeological finds to record with The Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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Visit Fishbourne Roman Palace
Welcome to the largest Roman home in Britain - with beautiful gardens and the largest collection of mosaics in situ in the UK.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Calling Sussex Finders! I will be at Fishbourne Roman Palace this Saturday 22nd November for a finds surgery 10.00 - 13.00. Email me on flo@sussexpast.co.uk for an appointment if you have some archaeological finds to record with The Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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Join the Sussex PAS team in lovely Lewes as a part-time Finds Liaison Officer. This is an exciting job-share opportunity, now with less than a week left to apply. Full details at the link below:
sussexpast.co.uk/jobs/
sussexpast.co.uk/jobs/
Job Vacancies - Sussex Past
Heritage jobs in Sussex with The Sussex Archaeological Society. Paid roles in a charity promoting and protecting the history of Sussex.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Join the Sussex PAS team in lovely Lewes as a part-time Finds Liaison Officer. This is an exciting job-share opportunity, now with less than a week left to apply. Full details at the link below:
sussexpast.co.uk/jobs/
sussexpast.co.uk/jobs/
For finders looking to record their artefacts please have a look at our finds days over the next couple of months. If you would like to attend, send us an email and we can book you an appointment.
August 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
For finders looking to record their artefacts please have a look at our finds days over the next couple of months. If you would like to attend, send us an email and we can book you an appointment.
#FindsFriday once again, and we have a late medieval to early post medieval silver half groat of Henry VII (1485-1509) and Archbishop Morton dating to c. 1486-1504.
The surviving obverse reads: +hENRIC DI GRA REX AG[...]
To see the full record, follow the link!
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The surviving obverse reads: +hENRIC DI GRA REX AG[...]
To see the full record, follow the link!
finds.org.uk/database/art...
August 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#FindsFriday once again, and we have a late medieval to early post medieval silver half groat of Henry VII (1485-1509) and Archbishop Morton dating to c. 1486-1504.
The surviving obverse reads: +hENRIC DI GRA REX AG[...]
To see the full record, follow the link!
finds.org.uk/database/art...
The surviving obverse reads: +hENRIC DI GRA REX AG[...]
To see the full record, follow the link!
finds.org.uk/database/art...
For finders looking to record their artefacts please have a look at our finds days over the next couple of months. If you would like to attend, send us an email and we can book you an appointment.
August 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
For finders looking to record their artefacts please have a look at our finds days over the next couple of months. If you would like to attend, send us an email and we can book you an appointment.
Beat the rain, just, for the final day of the Highdown Big Dig. So pleased to finally visit with a brilliant site tour from James Sainsbury. Congratulations to the Worthing Archaeological Society, Worthing Museum and National Trust Archaeology on a great project!
July 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Beat the rain, just, for the final day of the Highdown Big Dig. So pleased to finally visit with a brilliant site tour from James Sainsbury. Congratulations to the Worthing Archaeological Society, Worthing Museum and National Trust Archaeology on a great project!
Excited to be at the Meet the Experts event @romanpalace.bsky.social tomorrow. Come and see me to handle some amazing finds recorded with @findsorguk.bsky.social and bring along any archaeological objects you may have found for identification or recording.
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Festival of Archaeology: Meet the Experts! - Sussex Past
For one day only, go behind the scenes, meet archaeology experts, explore recent discoveries, and get hands-on with real artefacts and crafts.
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July 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Excited to be at the Meet the Experts event @romanpalace.bsky.social tomorrow. Come and see me to handle some amazing finds recorded with @findsorguk.bsky.social and bring along any archaeological objects you may have found for identification or recording.
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sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...
Join me this Friday for the 'Meet the Experts' event @romanpalace.bsky.social. Handle amazing finds recorded with @findsorguk.bsky.social and bring any archaeological finds you may have discovered for identification. Event details can be seen at the following link:
sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...
sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...
Festival of Archaeology: Meet the Experts! - Sussex Past
For one day only, go behind the scenes, meet archaeology experts, explore recent discoveries, and get hands-on with real artefacts and crafts.
sussexpast.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Join me this Friday for the 'Meet the Experts' event @romanpalace.bsky.social. Handle amazing finds recorded with @findsorguk.bsky.social and bring any archaeological finds you may have discovered for identification. Event details can be seen at the following link:
sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...
sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...
Another #FindsFriday, we have a lovely Medieval seal matrix, AD 1300-1400.
The die depicts a serifed P within two springs of palm foliage and crown above.
The use of single letters such as this probably represented the initial of the owner.
See the full record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
The die depicts a serifed P within two springs of palm foliage and crown above.
The use of single letters such as this probably represented the initial of the owner.
See the full record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Another #FindsFriday, we have a lovely Medieval seal matrix, AD 1300-1400.
The die depicts a serifed P within two springs of palm foliage and crown above.
The use of single letters such as this probably represented the initial of the owner.
See the full record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
The die depicts a serifed P within two springs of palm foliage and crown above.
The use of single letters such as this probably represented the initial of the owner.
See the full record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
Bring on the weekend with a #FindsFriday!
A copper-alloy Irish gun money shilling of James II, dated Feb 1689, and minted during the Williamite War 1689-1691 to be redeemed for silver coinage.
They were made from old cannons, bells and scrap metal.
Follow this link!
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A copper-alloy Irish gun money shilling of James II, dated Feb 1689, and minted during the Williamite War 1689-1691 to be redeemed for silver coinage.
They were made from old cannons, bells and scrap metal.
Follow this link!
finds.org.uk/database/art...
June 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Bring on the weekend with a #FindsFriday!
A copper-alloy Irish gun money shilling of James II, dated Feb 1689, and minted during the Williamite War 1689-1691 to be redeemed for silver coinage.
They were made from old cannons, bells and scrap metal.
Follow this link!
finds.org.uk/database/art...
A copper-alloy Irish gun money shilling of James II, dated Feb 1689, and minted during the Williamite War 1689-1691 to be redeemed for silver coinage.
They were made from old cannons, bells and scrap metal.
Follow this link!
finds.org.uk/database/art...
The weekend is here! Why not start it off with a #FindsFriday!
We have an amazing one this week, a Roman copper alloy enamelled British, zig-zag brooch, dating c. AD 100-200.
This is an unusual form, and the first recorded from the southern counties.
Full record:
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We have an amazing one this week, a Roman copper alloy enamelled British, zig-zag brooch, dating c. AD 100-200.
This is an unusual form, and the first recorded from the southern counties.
Full record:
finds.org.uk/database/art...
June 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The weekend is here! Why not start it off with a #FindsFriday!
We have an amazing one this week, a Roman copper alloy enamelled British, zig-zag brooch, dating c. AD 100-200.
This is an unusual form, and the first recorded from the southern counties.
Full record:
finds.org.uk/database/art...
We have an amazing one this week, a Roman copper alloy enamelled British, zig-zag brooch, dating c. AD 100-200.
This is an unusual form, and the first recorded from the southern counties.
Full record:
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Another sunny #FindsFriday at the PAS! Today, we have a lovely Iron Age terret dating between the Iron Age to Roman Period, c. 300BC - 150AD.
The hoop has geometric and vegetal decoration featuring a waving curved line, and vegetal motifs.
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The hoop has geometric and vegetal decoration featuring a waving curved line, and vegetal motifs.
See the full record:
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May 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Another sunny #FindsFriday at the PAS! Today, we have a lovely Iron Age terret dating between the Iron Age to Roman Period, c. 300BC - 150AD.
The hoop has geometric and vegetal decoration featuring a waving curved line, and vegetal motifs.
See the full record:
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The hoop has geometric and vegetal decoration featuring a waving curved line, and vegetal motifs.
See the full record:
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Another #FindsFriday with a copper alloy chisel dating to the Bronze Age period (c. 2050-800 BC).
The object has a rounded butt and concave-sided tang that flares gently into a crescent-shaped cutting edge.
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The object has a rounded butt and concave-sided tang that flares gently into a crescent-shaped cutting edge.
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
May 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Another #FindsFriday with a copper alloy chisel dating to the Bronze Age period (c. 2050-800 BC).
The object has a rounded butt and concave-sided tang that flares gently into a crescent-shaped cutting edge.
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
The object has a rounded butt and concave-sided tang that flares gently into a crescent-shaped cutting edge.
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
A sunny #FindsFriday with a complete bone cuboid die dating to the Post Medieval period, between c. AD1600 - 1800.
Found in large quantities in the Thames, follow finds.org.uk/database/art... to find out why.
Found in large quantities in the Thames, follow finds.org.uk/database/art... to find out why.
May 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A sunny #FindsFriday with a complete bone cuboid die dating to the Post Medieval period, between c. AD1600 - 1800.
Found in large quantities in the Thames, follow finds.org.uk/database/art... to find out why.
Found in large quantities in the Thames, follow finds.org.uk/database/art... to find out why.
For a sunny #FindsFriday we think you deserve something special! Take a look at this copper alloy lozengiform harness pendant dating to c. AD 1250-1400.
The centre is decorated with enamel and a face surrounded by 4 beasts, probably lions.
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The centre is decorated with enamel and a face surrounded by 4 beasts, probably lions.
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May 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
For a sunny #FindsFriday we think you deserve something special! Take a look at this copper alloy lozengiform harness pendant dating to c. AD 1250-1400.
The centre is decorated with enamel and a face surrounded by 4 beasts, probably lions.
See the full record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
The centre is decorated with enamel and a face surrounded by 4 beasts, probably lions.
See the full record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
Feeling fashionable for todays #FindsFriday with an incomplete post medieval double-loop buckle dating between AD 1550-1650.
This one was almost complete with only a portion of the pin missing.
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This one was almost complete with only a portion of the pin missing.
To see the full record, follow this link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
April 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Feeling fashionable for todays #FindsFriday with an incomplete post medieval double-loop buckle dating between AD 1550-1650.
This one was almost complete with only a portion of the pin missing.
To see the full record, follow this link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
This one was almost complete with only a portion of the pin missing.
To see the full record, follow this link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
A bouncy bunny for Easter weekends #FindsFriday, recorded recently with the Sussex PAS team. A medieval seal matrix with the French inscription '* PRIVE SV' which translates as 'I am private'. Link for full record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
April 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A bouncy bunny for Easter weekends #FindsFriday, recorded recently with the Sussex PAS team. A medieval seal matrix with the French inscription '* PRIVE SV' which translates as 'I am private'. Link for full record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
#FindsFriday today with a lovely counterfeit Roman coin!
A copper-alloy cast contemporary copy of a Roman denarius of Diva Faustina I (AD 138-161), struck under Antoninus Pius, dating to the period c. AD 141-161
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A copper-alloy cast contemporary copy of a Roman denarius of Diva Faustina I (AD 138-161), struck under Antoninus Pius, dating to the period c. AD 141-161
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#FindsFriday today with a lovely counterfeit Roman coin!
A copper-alloy cast contemporary copy of a Roman denarius of Diva Faustina I (AD 138-161), struck under Antoninus Pius, dating to the period c. AD 141-161
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
A copper-alloy cast contemporary copy of a Roman denarius of Diva Faustina I (AD 138-161), struck under Antoninus Pius, dating to the period c. AD 141-161
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
Time for a #FindsFriday with something different! An incomplete clay pipe with makers mark dating c. 1610-1640. The makers mark can be found on the heel, reading D or C, the initials are divided by a central stem with two leaves above and below.
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See the record:
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April 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Time for a #FindsFriday with something different! An incomplete clay pipe with makers mark dating c. 1610-1640. The makers mark can be found on the heel, reading D or C, the initials are divided by a central stem with two leaves above and below.
See the record:
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See the record:
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Going old school with todays #FindsFriday with a complete early Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead dating. c. 4000-3000BC.
The leafshaped arrowhead would be hafted onto the end of a wooden shaft and secured with resin and twine.
To see the full record follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
The leafshaped arrowhead would be hafted onto the end of a wooden shaft and secured with resin and twine.
To see the full record follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
March 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Going old school with todays #FindsFriday with a complete early Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead dating. c. 4000-3000BC.
The leafshaped arrowhead would be hafted onto the end of a wooden shaft and secured with resin and twine.
To see the full record follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
The leafshaped arrowhead would be hafted onto the end of a wooden shaft and secured with resin and twine.
To see the full record follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
Todays #FindsFriday we have a Medieval zoomorphic badge depicting a hunting dog dating to c. AD 1250-1500. The plate is finely worked and probably from a badge or possibly functioned as a strap mount.
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
March 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Todays #FindsFriday we have a Medieval zoomorphic badge depicting a hunting dog dating to c. AD 1250-1500. The plate is finely worked and probably from a badge or possibly functioned as a strap mount.
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...
#FindsFriday here again! With a Medieval seal matrix between AD c.1300-1400. It depicts a figure of St Catherine with a wheel and palm frond (symbolising martyrdom) to the right. The legend is in latin reading *ECCE AGNVS DEI which translates Behold the lamb of God.
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March 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#FindsFriday here again! With a Medieval seal matrix between AD c.1300-1400. It depicts a figure of St Catherine with a wheel and palm frond (symbolising martyrdom) to the right. The legend is in latin reading *ECCE AGNVS DEI which translates Behold the lamb of God.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Starting March off strong with sunny weather and another #FindsFriday! This week we have an early to Middle Iron Age cast copper alloy disc headed swan-necked pin with a suggested date of c. 800-100 BC.
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To see the full record, follow the link here: finds.org.uk/database/art...
March 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Starting March off strong with sunny weather and another #FindsFriday! This week we have an early to Middle Iron Age cast copper alloy disc headed swan-necked pin with a suggested date of c. 800-100 BC.
To see the full record, follow the link here: finds.org.uk/database/art...
To see the full record, follow the link here: finds.org.uk/database/art...
A busy day at the castle today. Lots of new metal detected finds deposited at the finds day combined with an introduction day for some new volunteer recorders. #volunteers with @findsorguk.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A busy day at the castle today. Lots of new metal detected finds deposited at the finds day combined with an introduction day for some new volunteer recorders. #volunteers with @findsorguk.bsky.social
Time for a #FindsFriday with a late Bronze Age socketed hammer dating between 1000-700BC.
This hammer is made from copper alloy, and has been cast, in fact, it is possible to see the casting seam along the length of the hammer!
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This hammer is made from copper alloy, and has been cast, in fact, it is possible to see the casting seam along the length of the hammer!
Follow the record link here:
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March 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Time for a #FindsFriday with a late Bronze Age socketed hammer dating between 1000-700BC.
This hammer is made from copper alloy, and has been cast, in fact, it is possible to see the casting seam along the length of the hammer!
Follow the record link here:
finds.org.uk/database/art...
This hammer is made from copper alloy, and has been cast, in fact, it is possible to see the casting seam along the length of the hammer!
Follow the record link here:
finds.org.uk/database/art...