South Shields, Arbeia Roman Fort, lead sealings

HER Number:
13261

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Arbeia Roman Fort, lead sealings

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Signs or Symbols

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Seal

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Arbeia Roman Fort has produced the second largest British collection of lead sealings (small tokens used to seal packages). A large number bear seal impressions of the Severian imperial household. One is stamped CVG (cohors V Gallorum or Fifth Cohort of Gauls). Another is stamped AVGG and dates to 198 to 209 when Severus and his son Caracalla were joint emperors. Another is stamped AVGGG and shows the heads of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons Caracalla and Geta - Geta joined his father and brother as emperor in 209. This sub oval sealing is 2.5cm x 1.9cm.

Easting:
364

Northing:
679

Grid Reference:
NZ364679

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
David J. Breeze, 2006, J. Collingwood Bruce's Handbook to the Roman Wall, 14th edition, pp 120-121