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 EARLY MAN whom Shakespeare refers to under the familar Cymbeline. Cunobelinus, whose period probably extended from about 5 b.c. to about 43 a.d, was king of a large part of south-east Britain. His seat of government, probably, and the mint whence his gold coins emanated, were both at Colchester. The coins of this prince usually bear very brief inscriptions consisting of the abbreviations cvno, camv, or other similar forms. Camv is an abbreviation of Camulodunum, which had been originally a town of the Britons. This the Romans occupied, and in due course they extended the name to a Roman colony. In Suffolk coins bearing the inscriptions of Cunobelinus have been found at Coddenham, Glemsford, Ipswich (2), Lawshall, and Melford (2). Uninscribed coins of gold, silver, copper, and tin, of the Ancient British Period, have been found in various parts of the county, whilst at Icklingham a contemporary forgery was found in the shape of a silver-plated copper coin. Topographical List of Bronze-Age and Early Iron-Age Antiquities FOUND IN Suffolk Ampton. — Bronze-Age cinerary urn and incense cup, in the British Museum. Bardwell (near Bury St. Edmund's). — Several tin coins found [Evans, Coins, 485]. Barrow. — Flanged bronze celt, ornamented with curved transverse ridges on the lower half of the blade [Evans, Bronze Imp. 54]. Bronze sword, 27^ in. in length, with a long slit extending nearly the whole length of the hilt-plate, and ten holes, five on each side, for attachment to the hilt [Evans, Bronze Imp. 277]. Bronze leaf-shaped sword, in Bury St. Edmunds Museum. Barton, Great. — Pile dwellings associated with Bronze-Age spear-heads, found in Barton Mere [Dawkins, Early Man in Britain, 352]. Beccles. — Uninscribed copper coin with winged Pegasus [Evans, Coins, 479]. Blythburgh. — Bronze socketed celt, in Bury St. Edmunds Museum. BoYTON. — Bronze-Age torque of gold fastened by means of a piece of ring-money, now in the British Museum [/irch. xxvi, 471]. Brandon. — Bronze-Age drinking cup. Bromeswell. — Winged bronze celt, 6J in. long [Evans, Bronze Imp, 90]. BucKLESHAM. — Uninscribed gold coin [Evans, Coins, 432]. Burnt Fen. — See Mildenhall. Bury St. Edmunds. — Early Iron-Age pin [Brit. Mus. Guide to Early Iron Age Jntiq. 147]. Ancient British gold coin inscribed with the name of Antedrigus [Evans, Coins, 490]. Coin of the Iceni [ibid. 583]. Several uninscribed silver coins [Evans, Coins, 113, 115, 353]. BuTLEY. — Hoard of nineteen bronze celts discovered about 1845 [Arch, xxxi, 496]. Bronze fibula, now in British Museum. Clare (Poslingford Hall). — Hoard of bronze implements, &c. [Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. i), i, 83]. Also four ornamented bronze celts were found, and are now in the British Museum. Four flanged celts, found at Poslingford, are in Bury St. Edmunds Museum. Coddenham. — Coin of Cunobelinus [Evans, Coins, 342]. Elveden. — Late Celtic antiquities found here, see pp. 270-1. Eriswell. — Two bronze celts, in British Museum ; three bronze celts, in Bury St. Edmunds Museum. Two Late Celtic bronze brooches, now in the possession of Mr. W. C. Wells. ExNiNG. — Plain bronze celt, bronze pins, twisted armlet, armillae, jet armillae, bronze buckles, bronze penannular armillae, and bronze ornament, all now in the British Museum. Hoard containing some objects of the Bronze Age [Arch. Journ. ix, 303 ; x, 3]. Eyk : Abbey Farm. — British burial-ground (probably of the Bronze Age) [IV. Bury and Suff. Trans. ii, 117 ; Gent. Mag. Aug. 1818, p. 132]. Felixstowe. — Hoard of Bronze-Age antiquities [Proc. Soc. Antiq. Lend, xi, 8-12]. Bronze-Age implements, now in Norwich Museum. Fornham. — Socketed bronze celt, the aperture or socket approaching a square form. The sides have interesting ornamentation [Evans, Bronze Imp. 122]. Silver British coin of the Iceni [Evans, Coins, 587]. Framlingham. — Bronze palstave. 275