Indian silver coins in Viking-age northern Europe & Britain--brief post by me incl maps etc :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/12/indian-silver-coins-in-viking-age.html …pic.twitter.com/r6Ko7r3Jlm
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In favour of ancient loss, coin of Menander found 2ft down in 19thC! https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qcOwIMflx7AC&pg=PA400#v=onepage&q&f=false … HT @llewelyn_morganpic.twitter.com/BlzFywGk8H
@caitlinrgreen Image of Athena on reverse of that coin is interesting in its own right, & RIDICULOUSLY well-travelledhttp://llewelynmorgan.wordpress.com/2013/11/09/athena-in-china/ …
@llewelyn_morgan fascinating! Thank you :)
Images used: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/159595 …; http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/634213 …; http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1166285/article/000074826 … (last is image of Menander coin from Tenby, c.150 BC)
Few more examples: Kushan coin, 3rd-5thC http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/188350 …; Indo-Parthian coin, AD 40-78: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/203365 …pic.twitter.com/3ZTEcDkiP4
Not sure if the distribution of pre-medieval Indian coins on this map is meaningful, but interesting to see quite a few of them found here.
@caitlinrgreen Is that sixteen coins in all?
@JAJafri yes, 16 pre-medieval Indian coins :) there are more post-medieval, map soon :-)
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