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Simon Coupland
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FRHistS, lover of Carolingian coinage, Vikings, Jesus and my wife and daughter, though not necessarily in that order
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In case you’re in the area… www.timeout.com/london/news/...
A Viking longship will row up the River Thames next week
A 1,000-year replica boat is heading into central London.
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Oo is it like primary school where you get to take it home with you for the night? 😉
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For #FindsFriday - who doesn't love a contemporary Danish illustration of a #viking ship? On a halfpenny minted in Ribe in the 820s, from the remarkable Damhus hoard: tidsskrift.dk/arkaeologi_i...
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An excellent introduction and overview of the Viking expansion - what, where and why! Highly recommended
A piece in The Conversation, contextualising our results from the Bedale hoard
theconversation.com/vikings-were...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social @bgs.ac.uk
Vikings were captivated by silver – our new analysis of their precious loot reveals how far they travelled to get it
New analysis of silver items in the Bedale hoard reveals Scandinavians travelled to the east to trade much earlier than previously thought.
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#medievalsky #vikings
In 1872 a Danish farmer found a fabulous Frankish silver cup from the Viking age on his land. David Wilson wrote “The Fejø Cup" in the 1950s. Inside it were 5 small beakers. THEN... in 2015 detectorists working with the local museum found 6 more bowls + fragments of 2 more: amazing! 📷 Nationalmuseet
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In 1872 a Danish farmer found a fabulous Frankish silver cup from the Viking age on his land. David Wilson wrote “The Fejø Cup" in the 1950s. Inside it were 5 small beakers. THEN... in 2015 detectorists working with the local museum found 6 more bowls + fragments of 2 more: amazing! 📷 Nationalmuseet
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I’m irked by my Dutch proofreader who wanted to correct my English in two places. I explained one and gave an online grammar reference for the other!
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For #FindsFriday a range of pre-reform coins of Charlemagne minted in Dorestad and found in Domburg in the 19th century. All are accepted as genuine/ official - clearly the apprenticeship scheme for die-cutters was not very rigorous...
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Excited and delighted to see this article come out from @jk-viking.bsky.social - another of a whole string of really important and fascinating studies that her project is producing. A must-read for anyone interested in #vikings and #Normandy www.academia.edu/122660665/
Sources of Silver in the late Ninth-Century Bullion Hoard from Saint-Pierre-des-Fleurs, Normandy: Results of Lead Isotope and Trace Element Analysis
Sources of Silver in the late Ninth-Century Bullion Hoard from Saint-Pierre-des-Fleurs, Normandy: Results of Lead Isotope and Trace Element Analysis
