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Simon Coupland

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Always love to get a new set of proofs! But it's still embarrassing to find typos in text that you had read and reread umpteen times! 😳🤓

November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

For #FindsFriday a sneak preview of my article in the next Numismatic Chronicle on Carolingian hoards from Drenthe (NL). This is the Balloo hoard of 1855 (just nos 1-5), 1 Dorestad coin of Lothar I and four Christiana religio coins of Louis the Pious Group S2, attributed to Saxony.

November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

Fascinating! #medievalsky #vikings

Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 6d

📰 'More than just jewellery': new insights into #Viking miniature metal figurines

#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @uniofleicester.bsky.social

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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts  | News | University of Leicester

In Viking archaeology, the study of miniature metal figurines -- possibly depicting Norse gods and mythological beings -- have been central to...

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November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

For lovers of things Roman...

Inrap @inrap.fr · 6d

À Auxerre (Yonne), une fouille menée par l'Inrap a révélé une vaste villa gallo-romaine occupée du Ier au IVᵉ siècle.

Vidéo complète 👉 youtu.be/B64u7hXKfiE?...

November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM

Simon Coupland

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A fabulous short film on some of the wooden secrets of the Gokstad ship (sorry, it seems to be only on Facebook). In Norwegian but with English subtitles www.facebook.com/reel/1490598...

4.9K views · 153 reactions | Hanne's favourite Viking Age object isn't made of gold—it's a footprint. This simple carving tells a deeply human story about life on the Gokstad ship. Meet archaeologist ...

Hanne's favourite Viking Age object isn't made of gold—it's a footprint. This simple carving tells a deeply human story about life on the Gokstad ship. Meet archaeologist and Collection Manager...

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November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM

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Bastiaan Waagmeester

@jbwaagmeester.bsky.social

Happy to report that our book 'Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050' has been published! It is Open Access, so you can read (or download) it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

Delighted to add this article to my publications available to download:
Who ruled Frisia in the mid-ninth century? works.hcommons.org/records/n3a9...

Who ruled Frisia in the mid-ninth century?

An important article setting out the reasons for retaining the traditional view that Lothar I and II ruled the whole of Frisia between 840 and 869, from the Sincfal to the Weser, not just the western ...

works.hcommons.org

November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

13th century statues destroyed in the early 18th century 📸 INRAP www.inrap.fr/les-archeolo...

October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM

Simon Coupland

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Astonishing finds from the excavations at Notre Dame in Paris!
www.inrap.fr/les-archeolo...

October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

For #FindsFriday the Bredfield Brooch, solid silver weighing 36g, found in 2009. The Anglo-Scandinavian Urnes style of decoration dates it to the second half of the 11th century. It's on display in the newly refurbished Norwich Castle. 📸 My own.

October 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM

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Tim O'Neill - History for Atheists

@timoneill.bsky.social

New on History for Atheists: my long awaited and rather long critical review of Alice Roberts' new book *Domination*:
historyforatheists.com/2025/10/revi...

October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

Here is the answer to my conundrum over whether to order hardback or .pdf! With postage, still only £50. One very happy academic reader 🤓 Order yours today! #medievalsky #vikings

Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 12d

To mark the launch of Colmán Etchingham's Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland, Boydell & Brewer are offering a **65%** discount on the book until the end of November. Enter the code BB158 when ordering it from their website (individual not institutional orders):

boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...

October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM

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North Ages

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Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-Raiding, Politics and Kingship by Colmán Etchingham boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...

Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland

Illuminates the dynamics of church raiding by Vikings in Ireland, relating this phenomenon to their wider objectives and political ambitions.

boydellandbrewer.com

October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

For a limited time only - a digital offprint of our interdisciplinary article rewriting the early history of Bruges and the coast of Flanders, and proposing it and Boulogne as mints of Charlemagne.
shs.cairn.info/revue-revue-...

A new mint for Charlemagne (768-†814) ? An investigation into the earliest history of Bruges

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October 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

For those following the saga of the Herefordshire hoard - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Viking hoard thief back in jail for not repaying profits - BBC News

George Powell failed to repay £600,000, his share of the treasure found in a Herefordshire field.

www.bbc.co.uk

October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

The first find of Viking age dirhams on the Danish island of Falster - in 🇩🇰
www.tv2east.dk/guldborgsund...

www.tv2east.dk

October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

Three more recent articles/ chapters have been uploaded to Knowledge commons to make my work available to more people...
Karl der Große, Vater des europäischen Währungssystems?
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Karl der Große, Vater des europäischen Währungssystems?

Revised version of an address given in Frankfurt in May 2025 to mark the award of the Ehrenpreis of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Geldgeschichte (GIG)

works.hcommons.org

October 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

The Underestimated Carolingian Obole
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The Underestimated Carolingian Obole

A study of the production and use of half-pennies in the Carolingian period, showing how the dramatic increase in single finds over the past two decades has transformed our perception of these small c...

works.hcommons.org

October 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

Ein karolingischer Denar Pippins III. (751-768) aus Dorestad
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Ein karolingischer Denar Pippins III. (751-768) aus Dorestad

The recent discovery of a coin of Pippin III at the important pilgrim site of Sankt-Goar on the Rhine gives an opportunity to discuss Pippin's coinage from Dorestad, where the coin was struck, and its...

works.hcommons.org

October 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

Anyone out there going to argue with this claim to Britains's oldest door?
www.westminster-abbey.org/history/expl...?

Britain's Oldest Door | Westminster Abbey

Britain's oldest door can be found in Westminster Abbey, in the passage leading to the Chapter House.

www.westminster-abbey.org

October 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM

Simon Coupland

@scoupland.bsky.social

Since beads were so popular last week, for #FindsFriday here are a few of the bead types from Dorestad, catalogued by Mette Langbroek in her fascinating article in Dorestad and its Networks, open access here: www.sidestone.com/books/dorest...