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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
caitlingreen.org
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Apr 2016

      Some imitation Islamic coins minted in early medieval Europe — updated map etc and links :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/03/some-imitation-islamic-coins.html …pic.twitter.com/xmzX5Wa964

      15 replies 274 retweets 404 likes
    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 May 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      An imitation of an 'Abbāsid gold dinar of 789–90/792–3 w/ added crosses, thought to have been struck in Englandpic.twitter.com/u0fXf0U8BI

      8 replies 77 retweets 105 likes
    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 4 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Offa's 8thC Anglo-Saxon gold dinar vs. a genuine dinar of the 'Abbāsid caliph Al-Mansur, struck AD 773/4 (rotated): http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/03/some-imitation-islamic-coins.html …pic.twitter.com/dabzRE2PWq

      9 replies 111 retweets 219 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017

      An 8thC imitation of an 'Abbāsid dinar of AD 773/4, thought to be minted in Carolingian Europe by Charlemagne: http://webapps.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?oid=199633 …pic.twitter.com/tE341qTUzS

      2:13 AM - 6 Aug 2017
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      • OMAR Ali Khan Rahmet Pınarı Goblet Guy 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌶🇺🇸🇮🇱 Muslim Culture E-freier Agent WSICF ادين
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          10thC coin imitating an Islamic dirham w/ cross & bird added, poss issued by Olga of Kiev: https://www.academia.edu/20315581/Where_Did_Rus_Grand_Princess_Olga_s_Falcon_Find_Its_Cross … & http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=65320&partId=1&object=21150&sortBy=&page=66 …pic.twitter.com/Ju5lDLVDIE

          5 replies 58 retweets 104 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 27 Oct 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Imitation Islamic dirham found Gotland, issued in the 9thC by Jewish Khazars who added a reference to Moses: http://web.archive.org/web/20070928092148/http://www.myntkabinettet.se/notiser/spillings2.htm …pic.twitter.com/i1wCUAaCcn

          1 reply 48 retweets 76 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Apr 18
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A late 9th-century Khazar imitation dirham with tamgha-like signs on the outer edge, probably reused as a Viking brooch; found in North Yorkshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/629137 …pic.twitter.com/CC9ECmqIzD

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        2. RedCosmonaut‏ @RedCosmonaut 6 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Why did they mint imitations? Forging, or couldn't be bothered to design their own?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017
          Replying to @RedCosmonaut

          Various possibilities! One is that minted to pay Pope, another as an acceptable coin for overseas trade etc :)

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. RedCosmonaut‏ @RedCosmonaut 6 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          How fascinating. So lovely to have history come alive in your hands with stories and imaginations!

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Mohammad Rehan Asad  🇮🇳‏ @mrehanasad79 6 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Charlemagne and Abbasids exchange emissaries while Moors exchange emissary with Byzantines, the rivals of Abbasids @iamrana @JAJafri

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Michael O'Rourke‏ @Michael99908062 8 Aug 2017
          Replying to @mrehanasad79 @caitlinrgreen and

          Caution is called for in rel. to Latin source(s) 4 embassy/embassies between Aachen and Baghdad. Arabic sources, significantly, are silent.

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        1. Annie ODyne‏ @AnnieOdyne 6 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          NYC MetropolitanMuseum giftshop sells cute copies of ancient coin. 2 hours in museum, 3 hours in giftshop. sigh.

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