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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 8112810, member: 76965&quot;]I&#039;m almost certain that this attitude applied more to items of vanity e.g. gold ornaments or accessories for men, silks, fine cotton, bejeweled swords etc. But senators were mainly from elite (read RICH) families. The types of Brutus or Marcus Crassus didn&#039;t become ultra rich overnight. They were rich in the days of the Roman Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>They all had large land holdings, luxurious villas and holiday homes and countless slaves. Adultery was punishable by death and yet it was commonplace amongst the elite. Even keeping the missus happy would cost a pretty packet<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>I always feel that such large hoards of mint state coins either came from a military payroll that got &#039;lost&#039; or some rather wealthy individual who hid some money (probably from the missus<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) in case of hard times. Traders and soldiers would generally hoard more circulated coins and different denominations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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