Neutron diffraction texture analysis for numismatics

Vladimir Luzin, Kenneth A. Sheedy, Scott R. Olsen, Filomena Salvemini, Max Avdeev

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    Abstract

    Neutron diffraction analysis has emerged as a powerful, non-invasive, non-destructive method in the field of numismatics. In this chapter we report on some preliminary results from the Incuse Coinage Project which explores methods employed by city-states in South Italy to produce a very distinctive regional form of silver currency, incuse coinage, during the sixth and fifth centuries BC. In order to understand what makes these minting procedures unique it is necessary to obtain data from incuse as well as non-incuse coinages, and we report on studies of twelve coins from mints in different cities and from different eras. Neutron texture and phase analyses can provide an insight into the processing of the metal during the production of coinage.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMetallurgy in Numismatics 6
    Subtitle of host publicationMines, Metals and Money: Ancient World Studies in Science, Archaeology and History
    EditorsKenneth A. Sheedy, Gillan Davis
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherThe Royal Numismatic Society
    Chapter17
    Pages239-246
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Print)090140537X
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Publication series

    NameRoyal Numismatic Society Special Publications
    PublisherRoyal Numismatic Society
    Volume56

    Keywords

    • Ancient Greek numismatics
    • Neutron diffraction
    • Ancient Greek coins
    • incuse coinage
    • Greek archaeology

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