#FindsFriday Late Iron Age bronze unit of Cunobelinus

This week for #FindsFriday we’re going to be looking at an exciting find from one of our local Watching Briefs.👀

During monitoring at 3 the Chantry, Colchester we uncovered four large pits, one of which contained this late Iron Age bronze unit (an early form of coin!) of Cunobelinus (SF1) dating from c AD 8-41. On one side is a sphinx standing right with the inscription CVNO below, and on the other a figure standing left holding a severed head in the right hand and a staff in the left, with the inscription CA (to left) M (to right).

This is particularly exciting as the site was located close to the scheduled monument of Sheepen Farm – a pre/early Roman settlement and industrial area outside of the main town of Colchester. The presence of this Iron Age bronze unit can help us to understand life in pre-Roman Colchester a little better!🥳

For more information on this watching brief check out CAT Report 1818 at: http://cat.essex.ac.uk/