PAS entry countenances it being a Viking or modern import, but also that it may have arrived as a 'genuine' import of late 6th/early 7thC...
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Given that we now have a fair few of these plus Sasanian gems in 7thC graves, I do like the latter option... ;)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/882319262056099841 …
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Poss continuing 'Byz' trading through period Sasanians in control of Levant and Egypt (E7thC), esp given similar coins finds there? :)
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Interestingly, there was an ex-Persian prisoner/Armenian bishop in Tours and a pilgrim named John the 'Persian' in Rome in the 590s. 1/2
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So it's not entirely implausible for someone from Persia to visit England, especially as the 590s was a time of peace in the Mediterranean.
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Oh, fab! I'd have no problem with that :) Though I'd say now too many coins for individual visitors? All but one seem to be same era too, &>
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> such coins rare in E Med generally, by+large — together, might all suggest finds reflect specific http://E.Med circumstances??
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Makes sense to me! *goes off to add the numismatic evidence to my chapter on east-west connections under Gregory the Great*
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Hah! :) Of course, if I'm right & simply reflect continuing direct trade between E Med and UK in period of Sasanian control of Levant/Egypt>
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>, then suggests/supports trade not solely directed from Constantinople in this era but more organic?
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I’d say v fewer and fewer byzantinists accept cnople as the sole origin/departure point of commerce & culture! So yes!
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