South Shields, Roman coin

HER Number

933

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, 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

The Ordnance Survey quotes Sunderland Museum Records as follows: "A billon coin of Lucius Verus (AD 161-169) found by T Hales 1964. In Sunderland Museum". The grid reference given falls in a housing estate east of Harton and south of Horsley Hill.

Easting

438930

Northing

565370

Grid Reference

NZ438930565370

Sources

<< HER 933 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1976, Roman coin