Some evidence for Greeks in 10thC and 11thC England: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V2o0EkM-tYYC&lpg=PA130&pg=PA130#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/y9S5xC6cE9
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Some evidence for Greeks in 10thC and 11thC England: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V2o0EkM-tYYC&lpg=PA130&pg=PA130#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/y9S5xC6cE9
The 10thC Persian Hudud al-'Alam on Britain; considers it a land and emporium of the Rūm/Byzantines: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/04/heptarchy-harun-ibn-yahya.html …pic.twitter.com/YmVugLyNyr
A silver coin of the Byzantine emperor Romanus III (AD 1028-34), gilded+mounted as a pendant; found near Hertford: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/216514 …pic.twitter.com/yo3RytiHVr
A Byzantine lead seal issued by the ministry of finance at Constantinople in 1025-1075; found at Queenhithe, London: http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/450992.html …pic.twitter.com/U02E97CgAL
A silver Byzantine coin of Isaac I, c.1057–59 AD. Minted at Constantinople and found at Wilby, Suffolk: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/705127 …pic.twitter.com/TRnPSMP9Ou
Was this partly because 'Anglorum rex' had been used by kings of East Angles?
It is consistently glossed 'rex' and/or 'cyning' not 'imperator' or 'caesar' (OE for emperor).
There was a fad for Graecisms from 10thC on, inspired in part by the works of Aldhelm.
Interesting to consider Edward’s Sovereign/Eagles type (1056-59) and the model from which it apparently drew influence; the solidi of Justinian II. Formerly called the Sovereign/Martlets type until reconsidered by Dolley in 1961.pic.twitter.com/zr7f5Qi7cr
Plate comes from ‘Anglo-Saxon Coins, Studies Presented to F. M. Stenton on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday 17 May 1960’. I just love the provenance of my copy....pic.twitter.com/unEYA1bzvo
blimey! brilliant.
Ancient coins/seals always intrigue. EC looks like an old version of Teddy Roosevelt: 'Speak softly, but carry a big stick'.
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