Castle Garth, Roman coin
Castle Garth, Roman coin
HER Number
1487
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Castle Garth, Roman coin
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
A worn denarius of Vitellius, A.D. 69. On the obverse face (i.e. front) is the legend ((A VITELLIVS GERM IMP)) AVG TR P, with a bust to the right. On the reverse face is the legend LIBERTAS ((RESTITVTA)), and a figure of Liberty. Found with roofing tiles and pottery at the foundation level of the west wall of the Headquarters Building of the Roman fort.
Easting
425020
Northing
563880
Grid Reference
NZ425020563880
Sources
<< HER 1487 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1931, Exhibits Relics of Roman Newcastle, 4, IV (for 1929-30), 46, 141
G.R. B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle upon Tyne Fort, Northumberland County History, XIII, 503
G.R.B. Spain, 1931, North of England Excavation Committee, Third Report, 1929-30, p. 2
Museum of Antiquities, 1931, Society of Antiquaries, Donations Book, vii.1931
G.R. B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle upon Tyne Fort, Northumberland County History, XIII, 503
G.R.B. Spain, 1931, North of England Excavation Committee, Third Report, 1929-30, p. 2
Museum of Antiquities, 1931, Society of Antiquaries, Donations Book, vii.1931