Gosforth, Roman coin

HER Number:
1349

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Roman coin

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
The following was noted in the Society of Antiquaries' Donations Book in 1863: "Mr. Thornhill, Surgeon, has presented a Greek colonial coin of Trajan, with the reverse of Jupiter Ammon's head, found ... in digging a garden at Bulman's Village, Newcastle. The Chairman observed that the old north road passed along the foot of those gardens, and that its hollow may still be traced". The coin is presumably in the Society's Coin Collection.

Easting:
244

Northing:
677

Grid Reference:
NZ244677

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1349 >> Archaeologia Aeliana, 1865, Monthly Meeting, 7 October, 1863, 2, VI, 191