Simon Coupland

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! 😳🤓

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.

Fascinating! #medievalsky #vikings

For lovers of things Roman...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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

There is a whole series of Italian fakes from this period, and I would very much place this coin alongside them with a large question mark!

LOMBARDS, Beneventum. Grimoald III, with Charlemagne, king of the Franks. 788-806. AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.24 g, 6h). Struck 788-792. | Classical Numismatic Group{{template.title}} <b>LOMBARDS, Beneventum. <i>Grimoald III, with Charlemagne, king of the Franks. </i></b>788-806. AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.24 g, 6h). Struck 788-792. + GRIM – – VΛLD, crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust f...

Apparently so Sam... auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-...

Compare this one en.numista.com/144724

What's the provenance Charles? The lettering does not look good to me (as in - modern copy?)

And I am a fully paid up believing Christian (which is good, as a vicar!) but as a historian recognise that people have done terrible things in the name of faith (and still do). I've been working for years an article about mediaeval miracles which is a particularly complex area!

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

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

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.

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

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

Thank you, thank you, thank you Elizabeth Boyle! £80 saved and the physical copy ordered 🤓🥳

That is precisely what my recent article in Geldgeschichtliche Nachrichten discusses - only in that case it's looking at the answers provided by ChatGPT to the question of Charlemagne's coinage reforms, which include this very same error

My dilemma - save shedloads of money and buy the ebook? But I know I won't actually sit and read that but only use it for reference... 🤔

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

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

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-...

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.

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

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

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)

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?
works.hcommons.org/records/mjmy...

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...

The Underestimated Carolingian Obole
works.hcommons.org/records/we1r...

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...

Ein karolingischer Denar Pippins III. (751-768) aus Dorestad
works.hcommons.org/records/mt0f...

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

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

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...

Call for papers : Les marginalités dans les mondes insulaires de l’Europe du Nord-Ouest (VIIIe-XIIIe s.) · Craham · Centre de recherches archéologiques et historiques anciennes et médiévales Journée d’étude à Caen le 12 juin 2026. Date limite de soumission : 7 novembre 2025

Call for papers:
craham.unicaen.fr/call-for-pap...