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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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! :)
Sapphires probably also from Sri Lanka; a 5th/6thC gold ring w/ a sapphire, found Yorkshire: http://www.medievalhistories.com/the-esrick-ring/ …pic.twitter.com/ezQWCutXxf
Cowrie shells similarly imported from Red Sea/Indian ocean; these found Viking-era Gotland: https://www.flickr.com/photos/historiska/13618341534 …pic.twitter.com/YZ2vT9hBls
'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 …pic.twitter.com/po55YnuDIf
A 6th/7thC Byzantine amethyst intaglio showing Christ with the names of the archangels: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/33-92.jpg …pic.twitter.com/H5yaaU5KA4
A 7thC necklace of amethyst beads, found at Faversham, Kent; now in the Ashmolean Museum.pic.twitter.com/7zbxm9K2al
@caitlinrgreen They're lovely. Being born in February, they're my birthstone.
@caitlinrgreen Beads seem to span all cultures.
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