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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 25544016, member: 10613&quot;]400 years is not that short and my main interest is late 3rd- early 4th century A.D.; which is when the Roman mint in London was open.</p><p><br /></p><p>but the reason most hoards seem to come from England is because England has the PAS-- Portable Antiquities Scheme</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/national/treasure-and-portable-antiquities-scheme" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/national/treasure-and-portable-antiquities-scheme" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/national/treasure-and-portable-antiquities-scheme</a></p><p><br /></p><p>When people find hoards in England, the government looks at the coins and decides if it is treasure and if so, fairly compensates the finder. Sometimes they might keep just a few noteworthy examples. If it is not treasure worthy, the coins are given back to the finder. The coins are always documented though and a record is available.</p><p><br /></p><p>in some countries detectorists sell hoards with no documentation because their respective governments will merely seize them with no compensation.</p><p><br /></p><p>other countries are exceedingly slow in releasing hoard details-- I am looking at you Libya. the Suk El Kedim hoard (treasure of Misurata) comprised 108,000 folles found in Libya in 1981, mostly from A.D. 294- 333. Details of this hoard have merely trickled out over the decades since it has been found.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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