PIXE ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT-GREEK COPPER COINS MINTED IN EPIRUS, ILLYRIA, MACEDONIA AND THESSALY

Authors
KALLITHRAKASKONTOS N KATSANOS AA POTIRIADIS C OECONOMIDOU M TOURATSOGLOU J
Citation
N. Kallithrakaskontos et al., PIXE ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT-GREEK COPPER COINS MINTED IN EPIRUS, ILLYRIA, MACEDONIA AND THESSALY, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 109, 1996, pp. 662-666
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
109
Year of publication
1996
Pages
662 - 666
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1996)109:<662:PAOACC>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Ancient copper coins from Creek cities and confederacies such as Amphi polis, Veroia, Dion, Edessa, Magnetes, Stobi, Apollonia, Kerkyra, Pell a, Philippoi, Phoenike, and the Macedonian and Thessalian Koina, were analyzed non-destructively by proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) aft er removal of the patina. The copper coins were minted during Roman Im perial times (31 B.C.-268 A.D). Eleven elements were determined quanti tatively. The correlation between the composition and the minting time is examined. The results are compared with those of a previous study for coins from the cities of Nikopolis in Epirus and Thessaloniki in M acedonia, in the same period.