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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 728496
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/728496
NX97NE 29 9742 7543.
In the river, nearly opposite to the town mills, was found a gold coin of about the circumference of a sixpence, and the thickness of a half-crown, bearing the inscription 'Augustus' round the impression of a Roman Head.
NSA 1845
An aureus of Augustus was found about 1790 in the Nith, nearly opposite the town mills.
J Davidson 1949
The description of a Roman 'aureus' is not to be mistaken. If the legend be really complete as it stands, the coin was probably one of the issues of Augustus himself.
G Macdonald 1918
Sited approximately to NX 9742 7543 from information above.
Visited by OS (EGC) 8 December 1960
