Why Are Ancient Coin Hoards so Vital to History?

Here is an interesting link I came across from the Armstrong Economics Blog.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/...t-are-ancient-coin-hoard-so-vital-to-history/

 

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A very interesting and informative article. Goes to show that even though hoards don't have a lot of external context associated with them, they still have a lot to tell us.

They show military activity, too; there's a strong uptick in hoards of Valens/Valentinian bronzes in the Balkans that coincides with the Gothic Wars, for instance, and tend to concentrate in areas of contemporary military activity. I know someone who did a dissertation on the subject.

 

He's a crook who was sent to jail stemming from fraud charges.

There are much better sources to check out about hoards, rather than the site of someone of dubious ethics who is trying to sell some coins.

 

Didn't know that. I hope nobody buys those coins. The article showed up in my google news feed for 6/30/18...

 

The guy may be a crook, but it doesn't mean the information he is conveying in that article isn't true or useful. Look, it's like a paleontology professor being busted for DUI. He may be a scummy person for putting others in danger, but that doesn't invalidate the information in the lecture about the bone structure of T-Rex arms that he gave a week after his DUI arrest.

It's ok to acknowledge that this guy made some mistakes in the past that should make us cautious about entering into any financial transactions with him, but I have no problem reading a coin article from him that is well researched and interesting.

 

How do you know that it is well-researched...are you so well versed in the topic? Note that there is not a single reference...and everone makes typo's, (see what I did there) but the mood is set by the title- "What are Ancient Coin Hoard so Vital to History"

 

Thanks for posting it, @ancient coin hunter !