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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4118104, member: 93416"]Looks right to me. As I hinted before, I think the BM went on a 600K wild goose chase over ritual burial at Frome. I think Mattingley got it right in 1928 – the huge hoarding of later 3rd base radiates in the UK is to do with a silver content vs valuation matter. Two possibilities occur to me, either Aurelian made a really big devaluation of the old coin, or, a lot of the population were deceived/over optimistic about the silver content of their Victorinus, Tetricus etc stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks indeed! A generation or so back Toynbee thought the political and economic problems of Rome in the 3rd and 4th centuries had their roots in the Stoicism of the 2nd century. Herodian gives at least slight support for that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a lot of problems with this presentation – will make a comment in another post</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>OK – thanks - I ordered a copy. Interesting that there are plenty of copies on sale in the US, and none in the UK. 50 quid for air mail seems steep to me – I will see if the seller I picked can actually get it here in 3 weeks for 4 quid.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Surely correct. But I am unclear about how important that was to the macro-economy. Seems to me I noticed loads of late Roman gold but not much from the 3rd century. Did I get that wrong?</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4118104, member: 93416"]Looks right to me. As I hinted before, I think the BM went on a 600K wild goose chase over ritual burial at Frome. I think Mattingley got it right in 1928 – the huge hoarding of later 3rd base radiates in the UK is to do with a silver content vs valuation matter. Two possibilities occur to me, either Aurelian made a really big devaluation of the old coin, or, a lot of the population were deceived/over optimistic about the silver content of their Victorinus, Tetricus etc stuff. Many thanks indeed! A generation or so back Toynbee thought the political and economic problems of Rome in the 3rd and 4th centuries had their roots in the Stoicism of the 2nd century. Herodian gives at least slight support for that. I have a lot of problems with this presentation – will make a comment in another post OK – thanks - I ordered a copy. Interesting that there are plenty of copies on sale in the US, and none in the UK. 50 quid for air mail seems steep to me – I will see if the seller I picked can actually get it here in 3 weeks for 4 quid. Surely correct. But I am unclear about how important that was to the macro-economy. Seems to me I noticed loads of late Roman gold but not much from the 3rd century. Did I get that wrong? Rob T[/QUOTE]
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