The Broadway, Roman coin

HER Number

13545

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

The Broadway, Roman coin

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

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

A sestertius found in 1965 while widening The Broadway. M ANTONINUS AUG TRP XX. AD 166

Easting

436180

Northing

570270

Grid Reference

NZ436180570270

Sources

Milburn Preston, 1968, Roman Coins from North Shields and Tynemouth in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 3, Sept 1968, p 9