South Shields, Roman coin

HER Number

920

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Roman coin

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

In 1976 "a gold solidus of Magnus Maximus, minted in London in 387 A.D., was found on a building-site in Palatine Street. The site lies probably outside the vicus but near a suspected Roman road". This information is attributed to the Shields Gazette, 17 June 1976.

Easting

436100

Northing

567600

Grid Reference

NZ436100567600

Sources

<< HER 920 >> S.S. Frere, et. al. eds. 1977, Roman Britain in 1976, Britannia, 8, p. 371