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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 8344755, member: 99554"]<i><b>Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items. Excessive accumulation of items, regardless of actual value, occurs.</b></i></p><p>I don’t understand exactly why, but I bought more books than coins since the beginning of 2022; especially numismatic books related to <b>Hoards</b> discovery. It seems I can’t resist them, maybe it’s a compulsive disorder ? To be clear, I’m <b>hoarding</b> Hoards reference books. My last relapse happened a month ago at the Ferrarese auction. They had this 1970 « hard to find » manuel devoted to the Saint-Mard Hoard I.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1480124[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>We do not know the date and the circumstances of the discovery of the treasure of Saint-Mard (Belgium). It comes from the private collection of Dr.Jeanty who died in 1892; his grandson donated the <b>hoard</b> to the Virton Museum in 1952. It is made up of 5684 antoniniani from the Roman Empire from Valerian to Aurelian, from the Gallic Empire from Postumus to the Tetrici and above all 1782 imitations. The composition of this <b>hoard</b> is classic and testifies to a burial under Probus; it also shows that the reconquest by Aurelian did not prevent the circulation of the coinage of the usurpers and the multiplication of imitations at least until 282 AD. The documented study of the imitations proves that these coins, which were struck between 273 AD and 282 by numerous mints, met an intense economic need and in a vast geographical area. The connections by the dies with coins from other hoards reveal that the production of the same workshop can be found from France to London and from the Belgian Luxembourg to mainland Brittany. I think this section of the book is one of the most interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1480126[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously we cannot ignore the more than 55 plates pages that have been printed on a beautiful glossy paper of excellent quality. For an amateur of the coinage of the Gallic emperors like me, I couldn’t miss my chance. And contrary to the unfortunate habit of Italian auction houses which must absolutely acquire an export permit for coins, for all literature it is not necessary so that the delivery time was very reasonable. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1480125[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>I’m sure I’m not the only one suffering from Hoarding disorder. Please show us for what you have succumbed lately !</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 8344755, member: 99554"][I][B]Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items. Excessive accumulation of items, regardless of actual value, occurs.[/B][/I] I don’t understand exactly why, but I bought more books than coins since the beginning of 2022; especially numismatic books related to [B]Hoards[/B] discovery. It seems I can’t resist them, maybe it’s a compulsive disorder ? To be clear, I’m [B]hoarding[/B] Hoards reference books. My last relapse happened a month ago at the Ferrarese auction. They had this 1970 « hard to find » manuel devoted to the Saint-Mard Hoard I. [ATTACH=full]1480124[/ATTACH] We do not know the date and the circumstances of the discovery of the treasure of Saint-Mard (Belgium). It comes from the private collection of Dr.Jeanty who died in 1892; his grandson donated the [B]hoard[/B] to the Virton Museum in 1952. It is made up of 5684 antoniniani from the Roman Empire from Valerian to Aurelian, from the Gallic Empire from Postumus to the Tetrici and above all 1782 imitations. The composition of this [B]hoard[/B] is classic and testifies to a burial under Probus; it also shows that the reconquest by Aurelian did not prevent the circulation of the coinage of the usurpers and the multiplication of imitations at least until 282 AD. The documented study of the imitations proves that these coins, which were struck between 273 AD and 282 by numerous mints, met an intense economic need and in a vast geographical area. The connections by the dies with coins from other hoards reveal that the production of the same workshop can be found from France to London and from the Belgian Luxembourg to mainland Brittany. I think this section of the book is one of the most interesting. [ATTACH=full]1480126[/ATTACH] Obviously we cannot ignore the more than 55 plates pages that have been printed on a beautiful glossy paper of excellent quality. For an amateur of the coinage of the Gallic emperors like me, I couldn’t miss my chance. And contrary to the unfortunate habit of Italian auction houses which must absolutely acquire an export permit for coins, for all literature it is not necessary so that the delivery time was very reasonable. [ATTACH=full]1480125[/ATTACH] [B]I’m sure I’m not the only one suffering from Hoarding disorder. Please show us for what you have succumbed lately ![/B][/QUOTE]
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