Newcastle, Castle Garth, Roman coin

HER Number:
11945

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Garth, Roman coin

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C3

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Well preserved Roman coin, now missing, of Tetricus II Caesar and Augustus 270-273 AD. Obverse: C PIV ESV TETR[ICVS CAES]. Youthful bust radiate and draped to the right. Reverse: [SP]ES AVG. Hope moving left, holding flower in right hand and catching up dress with left. Found in 1929 during excavations at the south side of the Keep by NEEC. Society of Antiquaries Donations Book 27.1.32, apparently from spoil heaps.

Easting:
250

Northing:
638

Grid Reference:
NZ250638

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 4, V, pp 186-210; Museum of Antiquities 1932.2