Carley Hill Quarry, Roman coins

HER Number

33

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Carley Hill Quarry, Roman coins

Place

Fulwell

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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 Roman coin attributed to Follis of Diocletian (284-305 A.D.) and a sestertius of Hadrian (117-38 A.D.) found at Carley Hill Quarry in 1971. The information is derived from a Sunderland Museum record which also records that the coins were retained by the finder.

Easting

438900

Northing

559600

Grid Reference

NZ438900559600

Sources

<< HER 33 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1976, Roman coins