Castle Garth, Roman coin

During excavations below the street level on the South side of the Keep by the North of England Excavation Committee in 1929, a Roman building was discovered, and the heaps of excavated soil remained beside the trenches for some months. A passer-by picked up a Roman coin from the loose soil in a fine state of preservation. The coin is of Tetricus II Caesar and Augustus 268-273 AD. On the obverse face (i.e. front) is the legend C PIV ESV TETR((ICVS CAES)), with a youthful bust radiate and draped to right. On the reverse face is the legend ((SP))ES AVGG, with Hope moving left holding a flower in her right hand and catching up her dress with the left.