Roker, Roman coins

HER Number

71

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Roker, Roman coins

Place

Roker

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

Two Constantinian coins were found opposite Roker Park Road South (the seaward end) in a garden below an octagonal bus shelter in 1935. The finds information is derived from the Sunderland Museum Accession Register, but the coins are probably now lost.

Easting

440500

Northing

558600

Grid Reference

NZ440500558600

Sources

<< HER 71 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1976, 2 Roman coins