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Record ID: IARCH-D04CA8
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 358 no. 1471: "A solidus of Magnus Maximus (RIC 2(B)), found at South Shields in building work has been regarded as a hoard, although a single find. -P.J. Casey, in CH III (1977), 68, no. 214 Cp. SCMB, 1976, 318, 476 R.J. Brickstock, in BAR 176 (1987), 392, no. 94, has included this solidus of Maximus in his gazetteer of late Roman bronze hoards. In South Shields Roman Fort Museum. Said to have been found with Victorian and Indian coins."
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Shields', grid reference and parish protected.