South Shields Roman fort, Iron Age coin
South Shields Roman fort, Iron Age coin
HER Number
930
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields Roman fort, Iron Age coin
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Coin
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Iron Age -800 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Bronze Belgic coin of Tasciovanus struck at Verulamium. On the obverse is a beardless head to the right wearing a wreath, while on the reverse is a horse prancing to left, a pellet above, and the letters V E (R) (or VIR) below. Said to have been found on the site of the Roman fort, and exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries in 1885. Recorded as missing on 29.1.1993.
Easting
436500
Northing
567900
Grid Reference
NZ436500567900
Sources
<< HER 930 >> R. Blair & Dr. J. Evans, 1887, Exhibited,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, II ( for 1885-6), p. 115
G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p. 10
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, I, 209
R.P. Mack, 1953, The Coinage of Ancient Britain, type no. 180
D. Allen in S.S. Frere, ed. 1961, Problems of the Iron Age in Southern Britain, University of London Institute of Archaeology Occasional Papers, No. 11, p. 220
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 80 no. 2.1
G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p. 10
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, I, 209
R.P. Mack, 1953, The Coinage of Ancient Britain, type no. 180
D. Allen in S.S. Frere, ed. 1961, Problems of the Iron Age in Southern Britain, University of London Institute of Archaeology Occasional Papers, No. 11, p. 220
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 80 no. 2.1