FRHistS, lover of Carolingian coinage, Vikings, Jesus and my wife and daughter, though not necessarily in that order
Simon Coupland
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Dokkum museum today, worth a visit for the locally found early medieval objects on display - an incised snake on bone, a mount with devouring beasts, and a ring decorated with a human between birds - maybe Odin? #medievalsky
Simon Coupland
Join us next Wednesday, 10 June, for a lecture in cooperation with the Earlier Middle Ages Seminar (@earliermiddleages.bsky.social), Institute of Historical Research, given by Gerda Heydemann (Freie Universität Berlin ) on 'The Social Life of Carolingian Exegesis'!
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This remarkable gold & silver hoard, found in 1929 in Laksefjord in Finnmark, has now come home to North-Norway. While it may have been buried in the #viking period, some objects are reckoned much older, with the unusual gold pendant being especially difficult to date.
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For #FindsFriday one of 258 early Danish pennies of the face/deer type found at Damhus in 2018. The hoard showed there was a controlled economy in nearby Ribe in the 820s and a mint striking probably hundreds of 000s of coins. Four halfpennies (ship/deer) were also present. 📷 Sydvestjyske Museer
In a new exhibition in the Nationalmuseet in Copenhagen, "Vølvens Varsel", this silver mount is believed to depict Loki wrapped in his son's intestines. Peter Pentz believes it's a rare early depiction of the god. It's c. 2.5cm, and was found near Skanderborg 4 years ago. www.dr.dk/nyheder/sene...
The Fries Museum in Leeuwarden is about to hold a major exhibition on Redbad (or Radbod!) from 5 September, including this 9/10 century ring found in 1997 in Sumar (Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland). #medievalsky
For #medievalsky - I'm preparing a talk for Groningen University on 30 June and have plotted the finds of coins of Lothar I/II & Louis the German to demonstrate how unlikely it is that the latter ruled Frisia in the 840s. For a fuller discussion see my article: works.hcommons.org/records/n3a9...
For #FindsFriday evidence of #viking brutality - a 35-year-old woman from Zutphen (NL) with sword cuts to her knee and a York copper penny by her side. Written sources report an attack on the town in 882. Neither she nor the child with her was buried. #medievalsky
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Simon Coupland
Simon Coupland
Simon Coupland
Simon Coupland
At the YNS tomorrow evening, we welcome the captivating Simon Coupland as he dives into the numismatic evidence for the Vikings on the Continent - for joining instructions, please see tinyurl.com/ynsprogram or leave a reply below.
