[helsinkiandrew]

Gold is both easy to work with and make finely detailed jewellery and is THE shiny metal - a gold broach, or anything gold would have shone out on your clothing far more than any other metal.

See this video of a Roman era coin being unearthed by a metal detectorist - untarnished or corroded after 2000 years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsmF3p4jVV0&t=10s

[imtringued]

How many products from the Roman empire does this buy you? None? It didn't store anything. It's not a store of value at all.