Preston Road, Roman coin

HER Number

13546

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Preston Road, Roman coin

Place

North 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

A sestertius found in 1966 in a garden adjacent to Preston Road. M ANTONINUS AUG TRP XXV VIC. Reverse: victory GER in shield. AD 171.

Easting

435300

Northing

569440

Grid Reference

NZ435300569440

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