Ancient Egyptian coins & figurines found in Britain--modern losses or ancient losses/trade? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/02/ptolemaic-coins-britain.html …pic.twitter.com/ftXP4cdSqk
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@MariusHollenga Oh, def possible for some, but others could be pre-Roman losses eg Winchester coins, Cumbria hoard :)
@caitlinrgreen Well, that means there was more contact than I always thought, I always imagined the pre-Roman world as "small"
@MariusHollenga Could be indirect, tho ppl seem happy w/ Carthaginians visiting Britain & Greek Pytheas def did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pytheas
@MariusHollenga For really far-ranging contacts, how about these coins from the Indo-Greek kingdom!? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/01/indo-greek-indo-scythian-other-early.html …
@caitlinrgreen Beautiful coins, too.
@MariusHollenga Definitely! Eg Worn one of these from London, Apollodotus, perhaps ruled down to Gujarat in 2C BC :)pic.twitter.com/5gahQ4mS8V
@caitlinrgreen How...Greek were these kings? Was it similar to what happened in Egypt?
@MariusHollenga They seem to have tried consciously to retain their Greekness so far from home--this is good on them http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/indo-greek-dynasty …
@MariusHollenga And this might be of interest too :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Indo-Greeks …
@caitlinrgreen @MariusHollenga Can these coins and artifacts be dated? Would be interesting to know when the earliest ones dated from.
@caitlinrgreen As in, not much contact between peoples outside eachothers region.
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