The combination of Pb and Ag isotopes in silver coins, artefacts, and ores greatly helps
identifying ancient metal sources and detecting alteration such as lead addition, ore mixing …

Metal leaves were widely used as decorative materials in post‐Byzantine ritual painting. Fifty‐
two icons (mid‐15th to mid‐19th centuries) were studied by means of analytical techniques …

Archaeological silver–copper alloys are usually affected by silver enrichment of the near
surface layers, either intentional or fortuitous. In previous studies we have shown that …

Lead isotopic ratios were measured on silver fragments extracted from several important
objects of the hoard of Marengo. The hoard, known as the “treasure of Marengo”, is one of …

X-ray fluorescence and numismatic analyses have been used for the study of a sample of
incuse coins at the Museo Campano (Capua, Italy). A group of 31 silver incuse coins (staters …

Archeological silver–copper pieces often show surface enrichments in silver, either
intentional or fortuitous. When this happens, non-destructive techniques like PIXE (Proton …

When dealing with cultural heritage artifacts, the use of non-invasive and non-destructive
analyses techniques is a must. Determination of the surface corrosion layers and coin …

The study of chemical composition and microstructural features of ancient coins provide
researchers with invaluable and priceless information which can contribute to forgery …

The article shows that noncontact measurement techniques can be an important support to
X-ray-based methods when examining the surface condition of modern circulated coins. The …

Synchrotron radiation X‐ray fluorescence (SXRF) spectrometry is an X‐ray fluorescence
(XRF) spectrometry that uses synchrotron radiation (SR) for excitation source. SR is an ideal …