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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4854919, member: 93416"]Good point. There was a huge upswing in hoarding especially in England in the late 3rd century. Am not particularly knowledgeable on Roman matters – but my guess was it was to do with a reaction to heavy handed tinkering with the value of coins by government at around that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only after I wrote it up did I discover that Mattingly had said just the same much earlier (contrary to the chorus of stuff we now get from archaeologists). So there was something odd going on, but I do not think it was to do with rituals - or if it was – then they were in turn tied to underlying economic realities/swindles.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a special link to this sort of matter. My dad’s first job after being demobbed (WWII) was at a limestone quarry at Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire. One of the many hoards from this period was dug up in the quarry at that time – and he got to keep one of the coins. The only Roman coin I inherited. He left school at 13 but the coin is correctly attributed and beautifully typed up - in a home made mount.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob</p><p><br /></p><p>PS I never knew that Mattingly but his son was Prof at Leeds and I knew him a little. I recall as a youngster crossing paths with him at the entrance to Leeds Uni Library. He immediately invited me to a coffee in the staff canteen. That was back in a time when fact and criticism was still valued more than career, or so it seems to me. All a far cry from the snooty reception amateurs get these days - from young Profs of Archaeology - or so I tend to find.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/obituaries/2015/mattingly_harold.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/obituaries/2015/mattingly_harold.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/obituaries/2015/mattingly_harold.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4854919, member: 93416"]Good point. There was a huge upswing in hoarding especially in England in the late 3rd century. Am not particularly knowledgeable on Roman matters – but my guess was it was to do with a reaction to heavy handed tinkering with the value of coins by government at around that time. Only after I wrote it up did I discover that Mattingly had said just the same much earlier (contrary to the chorus of stuff we now get from archaeologists). So there was something odd going on, but I do not think it was to do with rituals - or if it was – then they were in turn tied to underlying economic realities/swindles. I have a special link to this sort of matter. My dad’s first job after being demobbed (WWII) was at a limestone quarry at Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire. One of the many hoards from this period was dug up in the quarry at that time – and he got to keep one of the coins. The only Roman coin I inherited. He left school at 13 but the coin is correctly attributed and beautifully typed up - in a home made mount. Rob PS I never knew that Mattingly but his son was Prof at Leeds and I knew him a little. I recall as a youngster crossing paths with him at the entrance to Leeds Uni Library. He immediately invited me to a coffee in the staff canteen. That was back in a time when fact and criticism was still valued more than career, or so it seems to me. All a far cry from the snooty reception amateurs get these days - from young Profs of Archaeology - or so I tend to find. [URL]https://www.leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/obituaries/2015/mattingly_harold.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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