Claxheugh, River Wear, Roman coin

HER Number:
19

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Claxheugh, River Wear, Roman coin

Place:
Claxheugh

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Dredging the River Wear opposite Claxheugh produced a Roman coin, plus large quantities of human bones and deer antlers. The coin is described as bronze and dated to the reign of Trajan. A bust of Trajan appears with the inscription: IMPERATORI CAESARI NERVAE TRAIANO OPTIMO AUGUSTO GERMANICO DACICO TRIBUNITIA POTESTATE.

Easting:
362

Northing:
577

Grid Reference:
NZ362577

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 19 >> F.H. Johnson, 1860, On Ancient Remains found in the bed of the River Wear, at Claxheugh. Tyneside Naturalist's Field Club Vol. IV (for 1858-60), pp. 117-122