Benwell, Bertram Crescent, Roman vessel and coins

HER Number:
5268

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Bertram Crescent, Roman vessel and coins

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

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:
2146

Northing:
6450

Grid Reference:
NZ21466450

Lats/Lons:

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