The Side, Roman coins

HER Number

1478

District

Newcastle

Site Name

The Side, Roman coins

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Coin

General Period

ROMAN

Specific Period

Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Six Roman coins were found at the foot of the Side during excavations for Milburn House, and were exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries in 1903. The coins are of Severus Alexander, Gordian III, Tetricus, Constantine II and Constans, with a sixth, a Roman third brass, illegible.

Easting

425100

Northing

563900

Grid Reference

NZ425100563900

Sources

<< HER 1478 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1905, 3, I (for 1903-04), pp. 26, 31