An analysis of British Iron Age coins from the Hallaton hoard

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The aim of this experiment is to analyse the composition and texture of a number of coins from the North Eastern series of Roman coins that form part of the Hallaton hoard. These coins have a unique status in the field of archaeology as they can potentially give new insights into way in which we understand Late Iron Age society. The coins are a complex alloy of Ag-Cu-Sn with additional impurities of SiO2 and Al2O3. XRF has previously been used to analyze the surface of the coins which have a high silver content. However, neutron diffraction has the potential to reveal the bulk composition and the manufacturing routes by which the coins have been made. The coins that will be analyzed are extremely rare, and cannot be destructively sectioned. Neutron diffraction is the only technique that will allow us to understand their manufacturing routes with the necessary detail.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079458
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24079458
Provenance
Creator Dr Winfried Kockelmann; Professor Sarah Hainsworth
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2013
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-06-29T07:10:35Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-07-01T08:42:59Z