Whickham, supposed Roman coin hoard

HER Number:
1506

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, supposed Roman coin hoard

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin Hoard

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1938 K. Steer reported that he had been told, in 1927, by a librarian in South Shields that a friend had shown the latter 10 radiate coins, said to have been dug up near the Seven Sisters, Whickham. The location of the coins is unknown.

Easting:
20

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ2060

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1506 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, WEJM, 1974 ?, Roman coin hoard K. Steer, 1938, Archaeology of Roman Durham, 310