Washington, Roman coin hoard
Washington, Roman coin hoard
HER Number
341
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Washington, Roman coin hoard
Place
Washington
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Coin Hoard
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A hoard of at least 59 Roman coins was found in a small earthenware pot (now lost) in the latter part of 1939 during excavation for an air raid shelter. The hoard was described in 1960 as "only recently reported" by the Washington Antiquarian Society, and there is no clue as to its findspot. The hoard consisted of 4th century A.D. coins of Licinius I, Constantine I and II, Helena, etc. It was given to the Museum of Antiquities by the National Trust in 1975.
Easting
431000
Northing
556000
Grid Reference
NZ431000556000
Sources
<< HER 341 >> J.H. Corbitt, 1960, Coin Hoards of the Roman Period from Northern England, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXXVIII, pp. 122-124
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Annual Reports, 1976, p. 12
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Annual Reports, 1976, p. 12