Monkwearmouth, Roman coin
Monkwearmouth, Roman coin
HER Number
61
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Monkwearmouth, Roman coin
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
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 donation was made to the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries' Museum in 1898 by Dr. G. Alder Blumer (Utica, U.S.A.), of a small Roman coin 'discovered about 25 years ago' when St. Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, underwent restoration. It went into the possession of the donor's father, Dr. Blumer of Monkwearmouth, who was churchwarden at the time. It is of the Constantine period, of the Trier mint, inscribed around the verge of the obverse side CONSTANTINOPOLIS.
Easting
440170
Northing
557780
Grid Reference
NZ440170557780
Sources
<< HER 61 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1899, Donation to the Museum, 2, VIII (for 1897-98), p. 110
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I, p. 27
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I, p. 27