Another 2ndC BC coin of Menander in Britain! :) Found nr Stonehenge pre-1880, in VCH Wiltshire http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=219845 …pic.twitter.com/51ut77ZFqk
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Another 2ndC BC coin of Menander in Britain! :) Found nr Stonehenge pre-1880, in VCH Wiltshire http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=219845 …pic.twitter.com/51ut77ZFqk
And finally a third coin of Menander from UK, found Hants, 1920s, see http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/01/indo-greek-indo-scythian-other-early.html … . Thks to @llewelyn_morgan for discussion :)
For comparison, rough map of pre-Claudian Roman coins on PAS, w/ coin of Tiberius (Hants)+one of Mark Anthony (Devon)pic.twitter.com/9QBNjaDmcA
Another Indo-Greek coin from Britain, of Apollodotus I, c.180-160 BC: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/573374 …pic.twitter.com/Z47th24ZRC
Coin of Kushan Emperor Kanishka I (c.AD 127-50) made at Bagram, found at Lydiate, Merseyside https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/526273 …pic.twitter.com/nyGgnNmd1D
Coin of the Kushan emperor Vasudeva I (c. AD 190-230), found Newquay, Cornwall: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/428329 …pic.twitter.com/jM83sngYPD
Another 2ndC BC Indo-Greek coin of Menander, prob from foundations---added to post :) Northants N&Q 1, 1886, p.99:pic.twitter.com/EW8ssyjbdk
The 2ndC BC Indo-Greek coin of Menander from Tenby, Wales; found two feet down in 1881: http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1166285/article/000074826 …pic.twitter.com/HCURP5dfyr
The BM "insist that it cannot possibly have been found in Britain; but for all that it was" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qcOwIMflx7AC&pg=PA400#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/MW4qp6BUBJ
@caitlinrgreen I *think* the Hermaeus is an early Kushan imitation, but my phone's almost out of power & I'll have a closer look later.
@llewelyn_morgan ooh, ok, interesting--let me know & I'll update post &c :)
@llewelyn_morgan oh, looking at record again, been updated since I wrote (5hrs ago, lol) and seems to imply same, tho' still dates pre-1BC??
@caitlinrgreen Safer to say C1stBC to C1stAD, I think: the dating of the Kushans is v unclear & the imits went on a while. Chap & verse is:
@llewelyn_morgan Thanks :) Is it likely to be of a similar vintage to this Kushan Hermaeus copy http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/428340 … or earlier than this?
@caitlinrgreen Similar time.
@llewelyn_morgan Thanks, will update :) Anything else needed fiddling with, let me know :)
@caitlinrgreen Saw your re-posted article. Thought you might enjoy Ep. B24 of my podcast, covering the Macedonian kingdoms of Central Asia.
@TheAncientWorld I'll check it out later, thank you :)
@caitlinrgreen The Picts! The Picts!
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