Idly wondering what the most distant early Byzantine items are... Cushion cover found in Japan=most easterly find?https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/784870277264146436 …
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Even more northerly are the Roman+Byzantine coins that have been found in Sweden, see further http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/3248/2010_187.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y … :) H/T @mrundkvistpic.twitter.com/BkBO46ka2U
As to the most southerly early Byzantine finds, a few coins have been found in Tanzania, incl one of Heraclius...https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/773965951024951296 …
Alternatively, glass beads found in 7thC AD & earlier graves at Kissi, Burkina Faso, had origins in the Near East: https://afriques.revues.org/1145 pic.twitter.com/yctWV4QYEi
5th-7thC AD copper-alloy anklets found at Kissi, Burkina Faso, W.Africa; made w/ metal prob imported from Carthage & poss orig from Britain!pic.twitter.com/oZpY04PNyf
For more on these finds from Burkina Faso & their origins, see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271189113_Contacts_Between_West_Africa_and_Roman_North_Africa_Archaeometallurgical_Results_from_Kissi_Northeastern_Burkina_Faso … :)
Lots of 5th century solidi coins more northerly than that in Sweden.
Oh, thanks! Knew about Oland and Gotland but hadn't twigged finds even further north! :)
Afaik solidi don't go further N than Gävle, but then there are bronze coins.
Ah, of course! Remember reading about those now a years or so back! Thank you :)
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