X‐ray fluorescence analysis on a group of coins from the ancient roman city of Tridentum (Trento,Italy) |
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| Authors: | Marilena Scuotto Cristina Bassi Marco Lezzerini Emanuela Grifoni Stefano Legnaioli Giulia Lorenzetti Stefano Pagnotta Vincenzo Palleschi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean, University of Naples L'Orientale, , 12‐80134 Naples, Italy;2. Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of the autonomous province of Trento, , 1‐38122 Trento, Italy;3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Pisa, , 53 ‐ 56126 Pisa, Italy;4. Applied and Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, ICCOM‐CNR, Research Area of Pisa, , 1 ‐ 56124 Pisa, Italy;5. Department of Civilizations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa, , 1 ‐ 56126 Pisa, Italy |
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| Abstract: | A group of 83 coins, found in the archeological excavations of the ancient Roman city of Tridentum (Trento, Italy), was studied for the determination of their composition, finalized to their classification and cataloging. The coins, mainly made of copper‐based alloys, were minted between the republican period (II century BC) and the last decades of the western empire (V century AD). The X‐Ray Fluorescence archaeometric analysis has allowed a revision of the typological classification of the coins through the identification of six broad groups, each one characterized by a peculiar composition of the coins in the group. A tentative assignation of all the unreadable coins to one of the groups identified was proposed, in a way that could suggest also a possible dating of these coins. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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