An 8thC coin of Offa & L4/E5thC siliqua of Honorius, poss inspiration http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/176073 … & http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/508802 …pic.twitter.com/gjvY6MWRuv
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Offa's gold dinar + the sort of Abbasid dinar copied; shown before, ofc, but put together here+rotated so can comparepic.twitter.com/2g0mMl20cD
@caitlinrgreen wow, thanks for sharing! Know of any other Anglo-Saxon kings who did the same?
@AL_Castonguay There is another imitation dinar of L8/E9thC, prob by an AS king, maybe Coenwulf, Offa's successor?https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/558196720455385088 …
@AL_Castonguay Also two 8thC dinars & a fals from England in addition to model for Offa's coin:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/557893103055822850 …
@AL_Castonguay Oh, and there's this, which is sometimes seen as a Carolingian imitation, tho' evidence seems weaker:http://numismatics.org/collection/1931.115.1 …
@caitlinrgreen thanks for all those resources. Will have to incorporate these into my teaching of the early Islamic world.
@AL_Castonguay no problem, glad to help :) Also see first Rus coinage of mid10thC, imitates dirham: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/554779524286930946 … Similarly some >
@AL_Castonguay > Spanish (Barcelona), Italian & obvs Sicilian coinage of 10th-12thC too, all based on imitating dinar :)
@caitlinrgreen Copycat-minting Byzantine coins was a basics in early medieval days Charlemagne was not adversaed to it
@morangles Oh, absolutely :)
@caitlinrgreen It was ina way like Euros or £ copying style of $ Byzantium did not approve Question did it carry same amount of Gold content
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