Roche Court, Roman coin

HER Number

1999

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Roche Court, Roman coin

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

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 Roman coin found in the garden of 41 Roche Court, Glebe, Washington in 1995. A fine Constantine I or II Gloria Exerticus copy, Lyon mint, dating to A.D. 340/6. The finder retained the coin.

Easting

3049

Northing

5594

Grid Reference

NZ30495594

Sources

<< HER 1999 >> Pers comm. C. Hart, 1995, Tyne and Wear Museums