Bertram Crescent, Roman vessel and coins
Bertram Crescent, Roman vessel and coins
HER Number
5268
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Bertram Crescent, Roman vessel and coins
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Coin Hoard
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
While digging the foundations of 68 Bertram Crescent a pottery vessel was recovered containing a coin of Hadrian (and three others since lost). Museum of Antiquities No. 1927.141.
Easting
421460
Northing
564500
Grid Reference
NZ421460564500
Sources
<< HER 5268 >> Proceedings Society Antiquities Newcastle, 1927, 4, ser 3, 1927, p110-11
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and Its Environs, A survey of the extent and presentation of the archaeological remains
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and Its Environs, A survey of the extent and presentation of the archaeological remains