South Shields, Roman coin

HER Number:
920

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Roman coin

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C4

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1976 "a gold solidus of Magnus Maximus, minted in London in 387 A.D., was found on a building-site in Palatine Street. The site lies probably outside the vicus but near a suspected Roman road". This information is attributed to the Shields Gazette, 17 June 1976.

Easting:
361

Northing:
676

Grid Reference:
NZ361676

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 920 >> S.S. Frere, et. al. eds. 1977, Roman Britain in 1976, Britannia, 8, p. 371