Hebburn, Roman coin

HER Number

970

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hebburn, Roman coin

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

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

In 1926 Mr. G.F. English, of 14 Roxburgh Terrace, Whitley Bay, donated to the Society of Antiquaries "a small coin (half centenionalis) of the Emperor Gratian (367-383 A.D.), minted at Lyons, found in a load of sand from Hebburn-on-Tyne". There is no further information to give a more precise find location.

Easting

430300

Northing

565118

Grid Reference

NZ430300565118

Sources

<< HER 970 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1927, Donations to the Museum, 4, II (for 1925-26), p. 206