Anheuser, K. and France, P. (2002). Silver plating technology of the late 3rd century Roman coinage. Hist Metall 36 (1). Vol 36(1), pp. 17-23.
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Silver plating technology of the late 3rd century Roman coinage | |||||||||
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Hist Metall 36 (1) | |||||||||
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Historical Metallurgy | |||||||||
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36 (1) | |||||||||
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17 - 23 | |||||||||
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The discovery in 1998 of a late-third-century AD coin hoard at Rogiet (Monmouthshire) provided the opportunity for a technical study of the plating of the later Roman silver coinage which carried a very thin silver wash over a copper core. Optical metallography and scanning electron microscopy were carried out on taper sections on eight coins. From a comparison of the results with replication specimens it was concluded that the plating was applied in the form of a silvering paste, possibly based on silver chloride. Hot-dipping into molten silver chloride proved to be impractical in the replication experiments and was ruled out. No mercury was detected on any of the coins with EDX analysis in the electron microscope. | |||||||||
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2002 | |||||||||
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
23 Feb 2006 |
