HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-E68947
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Colchester II
Quantity summary
- Coins in hoard: 10
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Coin chronology
Last ruler: Cunobelin
Last Reece period: Period 1 Pre-Claudian and Iron Age (Pre AD 41)
Date from: AD 10
Date to: AD 40
Terminal reason: Date of latest ruler/issuer
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Geog. area | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON AGE | Cunobelin | Unit (copper alloy) | Eastern | AD 10 | AD 40 | 10 |
Coin data quality rating: Fair (Grade 2)
Description
De Jersey (2015) writes: "Ten bronze coins of Cunobelin found scattered at the base of rectangular pit D9, sealed below a deposit of puddled clay, in region 4 of the Sheepen site (Hawkes and Hull 1947, 101, 140). The clay contained imported Gallo-Belgic pottery and much indigenous pottery, as well as three sherds of Claudian terra sigillata which were considered intrusive. The pit is assigned to Period 1 (c.AD 10 - 43), "but with the terra sigillata sherds in the clay this may be questioned? (Haselgrove 1987, 273-4 no. 10)"."
Notes
De Jersey notes that "it has not been possible to determine which CCI records belong with the coins specifically from this pit"
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Artefacts linked to this hoard
Record ID:
IARCH-D826CB
Object type:
VESSEL
Broad period:
IRON AGE
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1930
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 2707
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: Colchester II
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Archaeological information
Background
This hoard comes from a known archaeological site.
The site has been excavated.
First excavation year: 1930
Last excavation year: 1939
Archive location: Colchester Museum
Site chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Context details
Feature: Pit
Feature date from: AD 10
Feature date to: AD 43
Recovery method: Excavation
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