Newcastle, Broad Garth, Roman coin

HER Number:
6708

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Broad Garth, Roman coin

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C4

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Broad Garth, Roman coin Coin found during phase 4ii of the Queen Street excavations in 1985. Obverse: crude bust Reverse: two soldiers standing with a standard between them. GLORIA EXERCITUS type, local imitation. Mid to late C4 Copper alloy

Easting:
253

Northing:
639

Grid Reference:
NZ253639

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
G.D. Robson, 1988, The Coins in O’ Brien et al The Origins of the Newcastle Quayside