Metallurgy and Ancient Coins: A Multidisciplinary Research

Irene Calliari; Marco Breda; Caterina Canovaro

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.792.645

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Metallurgy and Ancient Coins: A Multidisciplinary Research

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Coins are widely studied in archaeometry because they provide a lot of information on social, economic and technological history of people and territories which they are related to. A lot of chemical analyses have been performed by different methods, but only a few of metallographic data are known. The combination of chemical analysis with metallurgical investigation results in a complete description of the coin and its production steps. This paper reports a summary of the results on the Cu base coinage in Italy (Roman and Byzantine Empires) with the aim to develop a protocol of investigation based on microstructural and chemical analysis in order to reinforce the numismatic classification.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 792)

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Irene Calliari, Marco Breda*, Caterina Canovaro

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Coinage Technology, Roman Coins, Surface Modification, XRF

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