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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3169441, member: 44316"]I think [USER=93416]@EWC3[/USER] (Rob) and [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] are right and the Frome hoard-publication suggestion is unlikely. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have "The Frome Hoard" pamphlet with this suggestion: </p><p>"We therefore suggest that it was most likely that the person or persons who buried this hoard put it in the ground without intending to come back and recover it. The hoard was found in an important agricultural area and it is possible that a sacrifice was made to bring a good harvest, a successful breeding season, or even good weather." </p><p><br /></p><p>That does not come close to convincing me. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the money was still legal tender (and, even if not, in terms of metal value alone), the "sacrifice" would have been worth many times the potential benefit. I am far from an expert on rituals. Why would a "ritual" cause one to bury money? We hear of sacrificing bulls (and getting to eat most of the meat). As for rituals, you could toss a coin into the waters at Bath and make a wish, but 52,000 coins? </p><p><br /></p><p>I can imagine burying legally demonetized money on the hopes the government would change and it could be used again. If I go to England and come back with some left-over English money that I can't use here in the US, I don't destroy it, I set it aside in hopes it can be used later. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins of Carausius are the latest in the hoard. All historical literature says that was a time of upheaval in Britain. I agree with Rob that the evidence that the hoard is not simply a regular unrecovered hoard is unconvincing. So it was in one big pot. As Rob said, if you have 52,000 coins to hide, that seems a possible way to do it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Are we seeing in "The Frome Hoard" a pet theory stretched too far beyond the evidence?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3169441, member: 44316"]I think [USER=93416]@EWC3[/USER] (Rob) and [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] are right and the Frome hoard-publication suggestion is unlikely. I have "The Frome Hoard" pamphlet with this suggestion: "We therefore suggest that it was most likely that the person or persons who buried this hoard put it in the ground without intending to come back and recover it. The hoard was found in an important agricultural area and it is possible that a sacrifice was made to bring a good harvest, a successful breeding season, or even good weather." That does not come close to convincing me. If the money was still legal tender (and, even if not, in terms of metal value alone), the "sacrifice" would have been worth many times the potential benefit. I am far from an expert on rituals. Why would a "ritual" cause one to bury money? We hear of sacrificing bulls (and getting to eat most of the meat). As for rituals, you could toss a coin into the waters at Bath and make a wish, but 52,000 coins? I can imagine burying legally demonetized money on the hopes the government would change and it could be used again. If I go to England and come back with some left-over English money that I can't use here in the US, I don't destroy it, I set it aside in hopes it can be used later. Coins of Carausius are the latest in the hoard. All historical literature says that was a time of upheaval in Britain. I agree with Rob that the evidence that the hoard is not simply a regular unrecovered hoard is unconvincing. So it was in one big pot. As Rob said, if you have 52,000 coins to hide, that seems a possible way to do it. Are we seeing in "The Frome Hoard" a pet theory stretched too far beyond the evidence?[/QUOTE]
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