Roman silver hoard - shared by Vince Cholewa, 16 November 2021

Russell Briant, the hoard includes coins of “the far less prominent emperor, Didius Julianus, who reigned for all of three months (March-June 193) after buying the purple when it was auctioned off by the Praetorian Guard. His coinage is much rarer, therefore, as his window to mint money was so short.” So, the shorter the reign, the more valuable the coins!

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Ticia Verveer - Archaeologist

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Archaeologists in Augsburg have unearthed the largest Roman silver hoard ever discovered in Bavaria.

The hoard of approximately 5,600 silver denarii from the 1st and 2nd centuries was found in the Oberhausen district.

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62664

• • John Garvey

    I wonder what the effect was of all these hoards taking significant amounts of money out of the economy.

    

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  • Kevin McCarthy

    Well they did have credit crunches at times.

    

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