[Beowulf9]

The type of find that drives me wild.

[PGR88]

This exciting new find is part of a broader phenomenon of hacksilver hoards which stretch across Europe from the fourth to sixth centuries AD, when the Western Roman Empire was in decline.

I would like to see statistics, but it seems almost all Roman coins found are after the 3rd Century. My guess is, Inflation in the Empire was out of control, so there were more coins around, and with chaos and collapse of the Empire, trade and security diminished, so for many folks, the only safe place for wealth was buried in the ground. Are there any studies out there that would confirm or deny this?