The Bifrons Park Ring — a mid-5th-century Anglo-Saxon ring with a garnet possibly from Sri Lanka: https://artefactology.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/bifrons-park-ring/ …pic.twitter.com/k2QOjiWDDt
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Gold chalice of c. AD 500 with eagle-headed handles, found with early 6th-century Byzantine coins near Gourdon, France, in 1845: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trésor_de_Gourdon_04.JPG …pic.twitter.com/f7QxgUTKo6
A mint gold Byzantine coin of Anastasius (491–518) found in the tomb of Emperor Jiemin (498–532), Northern Wei dynasty, China: http://primaltrek.com/blog/2013/10/31/byzantine-gold-coin-found-in-tomb-of-emperor-jiemin-of-northern-wei/ …pic.twitter.com/XIHFydYDMQ
An early 7th-century Byzantine silver gilded dish with Silenus and a Maenad; made in Constantinople, 613–629/30, with seals from the reign of Heraclius on the rear, and found in 1878 near Solikamsk, Perm, Russia: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmbyz.html …pic.twitter.com/cwEPFQ9tQ8
Coin of the Byzantine emperor Justin II (565–78), found S. India/Sri Lanka & collected by Mackenzie in early 19th century, see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271621898_Roman_Coins_from_the_Masson_and_Mackenzie_Collections_in_the_British_Museum … by @SushmaJansari :) (image: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3423215&partId=1 …)pic.twitter.com/c8LKJEH3c3
A 5th- to 7th-century 'Jatim' bead made in Jawa Timur/East Java from a mixture of Byzantine & Sasanian glass; image via https://www.academia.edu/22146727/A_study_of_mid-first_millennium_CE_Southeast_Asian_specialized_glass_beadmaking_traditions_Lankton_et_al_2008_ISEA_ …pic.twitter.com/MDwH0ETs48
A wafer-thin, single-sided gold pendant of probable 7th-century date imitating a Byzantine coin of Anastasius; found at Holton le Moor, Lincolnshire, and now in @collectionusher.pic.twitter.com/SlfnLypu3m
A Byzantine silver dish dated AD 641–51 and found in Russia; it was probably originally transported to Central Asia before being re-exported to Russia: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmbyz.html …pic.twitter.com/tjs9xlDFKr
An imitation of a 7th-century Byzantine coin of Heraclius found in northern Afghanistan: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gold-sogdian-imitative.282326/ … See further 'Sogdiana, its Christians, and Byzantium: a Study of Artistic and Cultural Connections in Late Antiquity': https://www.academia.edu/27959139/_Sogdiana_its_Christians_and_Byzantium_a_Study_of_Artistic_and_Cultural_Connections_in_Late_Antiquity_and_Early_Middle_Ages._Ph.D._Dissertation_Department_of_Central_Eurasian_Studies_and_Department_of_Art_History_Indiana_University_Bloomington_2001 …pic.twitter.com/7bj2AbrCGz
A 6th- or 7th-century Byzantine coin found several inches down in a rock pool on Perranporth beach, Cornwall: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/469910 …pic.twitter.com/q0IbLknG8D
A late 5th- or early 6th-century Byzantine glass intaglio of the Virgin Mary, possibly made in Constantinople according to Jeffrey Spier; found in a grave at Saltwood, Kent: http://www.aslab.co.uk/app/download/14614092/ASLab+PWR+2006+Saltwood+Part+1+accessories+ver2.pdf …pic.twitter.com/N7UUd2iNvk
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