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ANCIENT COINS AND DEEP PROTON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS Arthur Shippee forwarded this item from The Explorator newsletter. Is anyone familiar with Deep Proton Activation Analysis and its use with ancient coins? -Editor  The world's largest haul of ancient coins has been restored and will be put on view to the public shortly.The 108,000 Roman coins were found by chance in Libya in 1981 but were in such poor condition that it has been impossible to adequately restore them until recently. Now Italy's Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage (ITABC) has acquired the means to do it, using instruments such as the DPAA (Deep Proton Activation Analysis), a non-invasive analysing tool. Datable to 294-33 AD, the coins have a rare mix of copper, tin and lead alloys with a touch of silver and a silver coating. ''It's the biggest haul of coins not only in the Roman world but probably throughout all antiquity,'' said ITABC's Salvatore Garraffo. To read the complete article, see: Haul of Roman coins restored (www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2009-07-14_114383620.html) Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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