South Shields, Herd Sand, Roman coins

HER Number:
6840

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Herd Sand, Roman coins

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Roman coins from Herd Sand - 1) Obv: ANTONIUS AVG PIVS PP TRP XV Rev: COS III Vesta standing holding simpulum and palladium. Issued AD 151-52, 17 metres diameter, weight 2.9g - ruler Antoninus Pius 2) Obv. Commodo Caes Aug Fil Germ Sarm Rev: Pietas Aug, 20.5 metres in diameter, issued AD 175-6. Ruler Commodus Caesar (under Marcus, Scauticus 175, Augusticus 177)

Easting:
372

Northing:
679

Grid Reference:
NZ372679

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6840 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, Archaeological Survey of the coast from South Shields to Whitburn