FIB-FESEM and EMPA results on Antoninianus silver coins for manufacturing and corrosion processes

Abstract A set of ancient Antoninianus silver coins, dating back between 249 and 274 A.D. and minted in Rome, Galliae, Orient and Ticinum, have been characterized. We use, for the first time, a combination of nano-invasive (focused ion beam-field emission scanning electron microscopy-X-ray microanal...

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Main Authors: María Teresa Doménech-Carbó, Francesca Di Turo, Noemí Montoya, Fiorenzo Catalli, Antonio Doménech-Carbó, Caterina De Vito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28990-x

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