@inbook{495fd315594749c0b8a3e358b7803314,
title = "Elemental composition of gold and silver coins of Siphnos",
abstract = "Three areas in mainland and Aegean Greece are known to have been important sources of silver during antiquity: Laurion in south-east Attica, the Thraco-Macedonian region of northern Greece, and the Cycladic island of Siphnos. The mines of Siphnos are thought to have been a major source of silver for archaic Greece coinage, especially that of Aegina. Lead isotope and elemental analyses have been used in published studies of ores, slag and litharge (lead oxide; PbO) found on Siphnos, and elemental analyses on 12 coins. Here we present elemental analyses of one gold and 29 silver coins from Siphnos. This data leads us to reconsider the claim made by Gale et al. 1980 that the levels of bismuth in Siphnian silver are higher than those recorded levels for Laurion silver. Finally, the evidence of the analyses is considered in relation to the history of minting on Siphnos.",
author = "Sheedy, {Kenneth A.} and Gore, {Damian B.} and Maryse Blet-Lemarquand and Gillan Davis",
year = "2020",
language = "English",
isbn = "090140537X",
series = "Royal Numismatic Society Special Publications",
publisher = "Royal Numismatic Society",
pages = "149--163",
editor = "Sheedy, {Kenneth A.} and Gillan Davis",
booktitle = "Metallurgy in Numismatics 6",
address = "United Kingdom",
}