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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1445645, member: 19463&quot;]It is common in the popular press to assume that everyone is as ignorant as the experts writing the story.&nbsp; &#039;[FONT=Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="color: #000000">Silver sovereigns&#039; is a modern upgrade for what the British used to call the &#039;Penny&#039; on the theory that any British coin name is better than denarius.&nbsp; Take for example the Biblical Tribute Penny when&nbsp; the Bible text even uses the word denarius.&nbsp; Now that the penny has not been silver for a few hundred years it is time to upgrade the denarius to be called a sovereign.&nbsp;&nbsp; Stay tuned for the eventual name change to &#039;Pound&#039; when inflation reduces that coin to a smaller size.&nbsp; </span>[/FONT]</p><p><br /></p><p>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="color: #000000">It is quite possible that there would be a coin or two of Antony in a hoard with Hadrian.&nbsp; Antony debased his coins to the point that the bad silver stayed in circulation even after all Republicans were demonetized under Trajan.&nbsp; The great hoard at Reka Devnia contained mostly Nero through Gordian but still had 29 Antony&#039;s in its 81,000 denarii.&nbsp; &nbsp; The press would always hype a name brand to make the find seem interesting.&nbsp; Take for example the emphasis placed on the Carausius coins found in the Frome Hoard (52,503 coins) even though the vast majority of the coins were common rulers like Gallienus.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Even using the term huge for the hoard is funny considering the size of some of the Super-Duper-Gargantuan groups.&nbsp; You generally can get a laugh whenever the press touches on history.&nbsp; &nbsp; Just remember that when you read about saving a hoard from some evil that you and I are the evils being protected against.&nbsp; If they don&#039;t buy the coins for museum display, the finders will be allowed to sell them to private collectors.&nbsp; At least the options are better than some countries where the hoard would have been melted rather than reported.&nbsp; </span>[/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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