Whitburn, Roman coins

Whitburn, Roman coins

HER Number
871
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Whitburn, Roman coins
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
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 have been found on at least 2, perhaps more, occasions at Whitburn. 1) In the mid-17th century, in a sandhill on the coast, "A peckful...all Roman emperors...all of brass...about the bigness of half-crowns". 2) Perhaps the same as the above, bronze coins of the Constantine family have been recorded, with Maxentius, Licinius and Maximianus all recorded. 3) In 1889, among "gravel taken from the harbour quarry top at Whitburn", two first brass coins, one of Trajan, the other of Hadrian.
Easting
441000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441000562000
Sources
<< HER 871 >> C. Jackson, ed. 1870, The Diary of Abraham de la Pryme, Surtees Society, LIV, p. 112
R. Blair, 1891, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, IV (for 1889-90), p. 114
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I,28-9
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1977, Roman coins