Comment on Where Roman coins have been found
buzz86us@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well after Rome fell the currency was worthless, what else would you do with them?
Comment on Where Roman coins have been found
buzz86us@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well after Rome fell the currency was worthless, what else would you do with them?
tychosmoose@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The coinage had intrinsic value, being made of metals with a commodity value. So it’s not like holding a paper banknote when a government collapses. People would still have used them to hoard savings, for trade and melted down as a source of precious metals.