Castle Garth, Roman coin

HER Number

1484

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Castle Garth, Roman coin

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

At a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries "Mr Clayton, on the part of Mr Thomas Gray, presented a coin of Nerva, the Roman emperor, who died A.D. 98. It was found in the Castlegarth, in clearing the site of the new street from St. Nicholas-square to the High level Bridge".

Easting

425000

Northing

563900

Grid Reference

NZ425000563900

Sources

<< HER 1484 >> J. Clayton, 1858, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1, I (for 1855-57), 69