Wave Trap, Roman coin

HER Number

907

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Wave Trap, 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

An unknown source records "an impression of a Roman denarius in very fine condition, of the Calpurnian family found on the beach at South Shields in what is locally known as the 'wave trap' just within the'Fish Pier'".

Easting

436700

Northing

568200

Grid Reference

NZ436700568200

Sources

<< HER 907 >> P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields