Houghton-le-Spring, Roman coins

HER Number:
269

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Roman coins

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1858 the antiquarian Longstaffe reported the find of a Roman coin from Houghton-le-Spring.

Easting:
34

Northing:
49

Grid Reference:
NZ3449

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 269 >> W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham before the Conquest, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute Newcastle, I, p. R.M. Middleton, 1885, On some vestiges of Roman occupation...West Hartlepool - Seaton Carew,Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, p. 112 J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I,p. 33