Sunderland, Roman coin
Sunderland, Roman coin
HER Number
56
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Roman coin
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
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 first brass coin of Nero (54-68 A.D.) was found in a brickyard near Sunderland in 1861. Neither the precise location of the brickyard in which it was found, nor the present location of the coin are known. The original source appears to have ben a contemporary newspaper report.
Easting
441000
Northing
557000
Grid Reference
NZ441000557000
Sources
<< HER 56 >> W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1876, Durham and Sadberge, Pagan Period, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2,VII, p. 89
J.W. Summers, 1858, History of Sunderland, p. 12
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I, p. 27
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Roman coin
J.W. Summers, 1858, History of Sunderland, p. 12
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I, p. 27
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Roman coin