Interesting that some coins make v few signif changes to coins they imitate eg Carolingian & S. Italian imitations:pic.twitter.com/c4t0tgs2oI
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Interesting that some coins make v few signif changes to coins they imitate eg Carolingian & S. Italian imitations:pic.twitter.com/c4t0tgs2oI
Others make v notable changes eg Jewish Khazar add Moses to inscription, Rus falcon of Freyja+cross, English a cross:pic.twitter.com/E8y5JtMFYa
A very nice example of a genuine 8thC Abbasid gold dinar, found Brandon, Suffolk, via http://www-cm.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/emc/ pic.twitter.com/DY6j0ehEDt
@caitlinrgreen They are very beautiful. I can definitely tell the difference in colour & the fake ones just look too immaculate for supposed
@caitlinrgreen Oh! I've just read your info. They are still old, just not as old as purporting to be. That was very interesting info. Thanks
@EquineAnn no worries--some survive better than others, it's true :)
@caitlinrgreen & think I shouldn't have said that.
@EquineAnn lol! It's fine, I often do the same myself :)
@caitlinrgreen Haha! Thank you very much. It's nice to know you're not alone.
Rus' coin of Olga of Kiev, c.950, w/ Islamic txt+Christian cross+pagan symbol of Freyja, see http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/48763316-03904002 …pic.twitter.com/jhBcRgejKP
@caitlinrgreen this is amazing and insightful. Thank you for sharing.
@Rizo78 thank you :)
@caitlinrgreen Good Lord! They had criminal coiners so early!
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