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Archaeometrical studies of Greek and Roman silver coins

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Quantitative analyses of various silver coins from the first century BC, found on current Romanian territory (Thasian tetradrachmae, Apollonia and Dyrrachium drachmae, Roman republican denarii) were performed using PIXE (3 MeV external proton beam) and XRF (1.1 GBq241Am source). The elemental analysis provided evidence of a great variety of monetary alloys and helped Romanian archaeologists to classify the coins, in terms of their provenance, as originals, copies or imitations minted in different areas of the Balkan-Carpathian region.

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  1. Cyclotron Laboratory, Institute of Atomic Physics, PO BOX MG-6, Bucharest, Romania

    R. Bugoi, B. Constantinescu, F. Constantin, D. Catana & D. Plostinaru

  2. “Tarii Crisurilor” Museum, B-dul. Dacia, nr. 1-3, Oradea, Romania

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Bugoi, R., Constantinescu, B., Constantin, F. et al. Archaeometrical studies of Greek and Roman silver coins. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 242, 777–781 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02347394

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