South Shields, Roman coin

HER Number:
933

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:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
The Ordnance Survey quotes Sunderland Museum Records as follows: "A billon coin of Lucius Verus (AD 161-169) found by T Hales 1964. In Sunderland Museum". The grid reference given falls in a housing estate east of Harton and south of Horsley Hill.

Easting:
3893

Northing:
6537

Grid Reference:
NZ38936537

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 933 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1976, Roman coin