The origin and chronology of medieval silver coins based on the analysis of chemical composition

• Authors: Ewa Pańczyk , Bożena Sartowska , Lech Waliś , Jakub Dudek , Władysław Weker , Maciej Widawski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Medieval Central Europe coins - the Saxon coins, also called as the Otto and Adelheid denarii, as well as the Polish ones, the Władysław Herman and Bolesław Śmiały coins - were examined to determine their provenance and dating. Their attribution and chronology often constitute a serious problem for historians and numismatists. For hundreds of years, coins were in uncontrolled conditions and in variable environment. Destructed and inhomogeneous surface were the effect of corrosion processes. Electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS)), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis (energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) and total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF)), and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) were applied. The results of these investigations are significant for our knowledge of the history of Central European coinage, especially of Polish coinage

Keywords

EN

elemental composition · medieval Central Europe coins · scanning electron microscopy (SEM) · laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) · numismatists

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Nukleonika
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 657-663

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2015

accepted

20 - 5 - 2015

online

25 - 9 - 2015

received

5 - 11 - 2014

Contributors

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Ewa Pańczyk

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 16 Dorodna Str., 03-195, Warsaw, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Bożena Sartowska

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 16 Dorodna Str., 03-195, Warsaw, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Lech Waliś

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 16 Dorodna Str., 03-195, Warsaw, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Jakub Dudek

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 16 Dorodna Str., 03-195, Warsaw, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Władysław Weker

• State Archeological Museum, 51 Długa Str., 00-241 Warsaw, Poland

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Maciej Widawski

• State Archeological Museum, 51 Długa Str., 00-241 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/nuka-2015-0108