Overview of the Really hoard consisting of an ensemble of coins, a ring, a silver ignot and fragments of silver tableware. Image: Limburgs Museum
Overview of the Really hoard consisting of an ensemble of coins, a ring, a silver ignot and fragments of silver tableware. Image: Limburgs Museum
A leader of an empire, constrained by domestic politics, throws money at the barbarians to stave off collapse on his watch.
Hmmm. Why does that sound familiar?
Bye today’s standards this would be old cell phones and hamburger wrappers. ;-)
All the money from this will go to the government!
In 518 AD, when the emperor Anastasius died, wikipedia says the imperial treasury had 160 tons of the stuff.
To compare, China supposedly just built the world's largest gold vault, 2200 ton capacity, according to current-day gold ads on AM talk radio.
Finding these old hoards of valuables, jewelry and coins just goes to prove one thing: Trying to be a thrifty saver is just wrong.
Instead we should spend all our money in our lifetime. I highly recommend travel to exotic places, wine, women, song, and a few discrete tokes (without inhaling).
Whatever’s left you should just waste.
It appears from the coin Constantine III could have used a lapband surgery.
Interesting. Thanks.
The “Really hoard”?!!!...Echt?
I hate to be a pain in the @ss but this is an example of the ROMANS failure to establish a stable central government. When Constantine killed his son he followed Augustus. Doom followed.
I always wonder about the story behind these hidden stashes.
Maybe it was stolen or maybe there was an attack and the person or persons hid the stash expecting to return later. Only they never returned which means that they were likely killed.
Or maybe they forgot where they buried it — “did I bury it near that tree or that tree? Darn!”
