‘In total the coins and the pot weigh in excess of 70 lbs. ‘
Lol. Insane.
Mr. Davies,
Thank you for finding this treasure.
For your services rendered to the British Crown we award you the following:
Five pounds and ten shillings.
Please use this money in good health.
Your Majesty the Queen
Why is that insane? Iam missing the joke but I am rather dense about jokes.
This is interesting because I have read that after the romans left around 400 AD there was a serious shortage of small coins, the kind you need for everyday exchanges.
So for instance you couldn’t get chage from a gold coin if you wanted to buy a cow.
So people went back to barter. Small coinage is important.
And the guy has such a happy look on his face!