<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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</p></abstract>

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

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

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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...

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

Published Online: Sep 25, 2015

Page range: 657 - 663

Received: Nov 05, 2014

Accepted: May 20, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0108

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

© by Bożena Sartowska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Published Online: Sep 25, 2015

Page range: 657 - 663

Received: Nov 05, 2014

Accepted: May 20, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0108

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

© by Bożena Sartowska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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