Herd Sand, Roman coins

HER Number

6840

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Roman coins

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

Roman coins from Herd Sand - 1) Obv: ANTONIUS AVG PIVS PP TRP XV Rev: COS III Vesta standing holding simpulum and palladium. Issued AD 151-52, 17 metres diameter, weight 2.9g - ruler Antoninus Pius 2) Obv. Commodo Caes Aug Fil Germ Sarm Rev: Pietas Aug, 20.5 metres in diameter, issued AD 175-6. Ruler Commodus Caesar (under Marcus, Scauticus 175, Augusticus 177)

Easting

437200

Northing

567900

Grid Reference

NZ437200567900

Sources

<< HER 6840 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, Archaeological Survey of the coast from South Shields to Whitburn