North Shields, Preston Road, Roman coin

HER Number:
13546

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Preston Road, Roman coin

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A sestertius found in 1966 in a garden adjacent to Preston Road. M ANTONINUS AUG TRP XXV VIC. Reverse: victory GER in shield. AD 171.

Easting:
3530

Northing:
6944

Grid Reference:
NZ35306944

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Milburn Preston, 1968, Roman Coins from North Shields and Tynemouth in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 3, Sept 1968, p 9