St. Nicholas Square, Roman coin

HER Number

1485

District

Newcastle

Site Name

St. Nicholas Square, Roman coin

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

At a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries A.M. Oliver exhibited a Roman brass coin of Antoninus Pius, in poor condition, 'found in trench recently dug in the roadway immediately to the east of the Queen Victoria statue in St. Nicholas's Square, Newcastle'.

Easting

424980

Northing

564030

Grid Reference

NZ424980564030

Sources

<< HER 1485 >> A.M. Oliver, 1923, Exhibited,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, X (for 1921-22), 343