Microscopical Examination of Ancient Silver Coins

Journal Article · Mon Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2733539· OSTI ID:21057285

Pistofidis, N; Vourlias, G; Pavlidou, El; Stergioudis, G; Polychroniadis, E K ^[1]; Dilo, T; Prifti, I; Bilani, O ^[2]; Civici, N ^[3]; Stamati, F ^[4]; Gjongecaj, Sh ^[5]

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1. Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki (Greece)
2. Department of Physics, FNSc, University of Tirana, Tirana (Albania)
3. Department of Spectroscopy, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Tirana (Albania)
4. Laboratory of Restoration and Archaeometry, Institute of Popular Culture, Tirana (Albania)
5. Department of Antiquity, Institute of Archaeology, Tirana (Albania)

The microstructure of three silver coins of the IIId century B.C. from the Illyrian king Monounios, the ancient Greek city of Dyrrachion and of Korkyra was studied with XRF and microscopy. From this investigation it turned out that these coins have different chemical composition and microstructure that imply different minting method.

• OSTI ID: 21057285
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 899, Issue 1; Conference: 6. international conference of the Balkan Physical Union, Istanbul (Turkey), 22-26 Aug 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2733539; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
MICROSTRUCTURE
OPTICAL MICROSCOPY
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SILVER
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
TWINNING
URBAN AREAS
X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS