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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Fwiw, just read that another poss Buddha statuette (head only) known from Köping, Öland, Sweden... *adds to list of things to look up*
Lovely 7thC cloisonné brooch from Wijnaldum, the Netherlands, w/ Indian garnets: http://www.friesmuseum.nl/persberichten/fibula-heeft-rode-granaten-uit-india?language=nl …pic.twitter.com/s3mNJXU6z1
Amethyst beads from a 6thC/7thC cemetery at Sittingbourne, Kent; poss from India/Sri Lanka? http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/learning/resources/galleries/anglo_saxon_cemetery/ …pic.twitter.com/z6NkQnSHYk
See further on this question Byzantine Jewellery? Amethyst Beads in East and West during the Early Byzantine Period: https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/6%20Drauschke%20p%20rev-opt-sec.pdf …
@caitlinrgreen same for emeralds/saphirs AND importantly pearls #RedSea
@morangles absolutely! :)
Another poss Buddha statuette (head only) known from Köping, Öland, Sweden, fwiw:https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qv_iAAAAMAAJ&q=Buddha+K%C3%B6ping …
Two Indian silver coins of c.850-1000 found in Britain, from nr Gloucester (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=25882 …) & nr Hastings (https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/617088 …)pic.twitter.com/qventbFU1q
The bull & horseman coins circulated close in time & place to Samanid silver, hoards of which have been found in Scandinavia.
My thoughts too :)
A silver 'bull & horseman' coin from the Gandhara kingdom, c. AD 750–1050, found near Warminster, Wiltshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/606516 …pic.twitter.com/Kun4obReGZ
Persian silk from the 9thC Oseberg ship burial; probably imported direct from Persia by Norwegian Vikings: https://www.apollon.uio.no/english/vikings.html …pic.twitter.com/PY7pz6yA8w
A fragment of Chinese silk from Viking-era Birka, Sweden: http://historiska.se/upptack-historien/object/617937-fragment-av-textil/ … & https://sites.google.com/site/kadasresearch/viking-age-scandinavia/resources/birka-silk-translation …pic.twitter.com/l1dHHwbBZL
@caitlinrgreen But above all, an incredible and nice "Vendel Buddha" ! :)
@Cendrais Absolutely :) Thanks for info btw; I had seen early dates but went with most commonly cited, so update appreciated :)
Intriguing, isn't it! Also Persian silks of this sort of era from various sites too:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/715976027835604994 …
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