Experimental Roman Minting: Casting Silver-Copper Alloys into a Bronze Mould

This paper provides the details of a Roman minting experiment, which used a bronze mould to cast debased silver blanks typical of the third century A.D. The investigation follows the paper ''Experiments reproducing Roman debased alloys" (George, 2020) which studied the manufacturing m...

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Autor principal:	Nicola George
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Publicado:	EXARC 2021
Materias:	coin roman era casting silver bronze age bronze Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:87b5367b93fc400a8b63a476c080bc462021-12-01T14:42:35ZExperimental Roman Minting: Casting Silver-Copper Alloys into a Bronze Mould2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/87b5367b93fc400a8b63a476c080bc462021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10563https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956This paper provides the details of a Roman minting experiment, which used a bronze mould to cast debased silver blanks typical of the third century A.D. The investigation follows the paper ''Experiments reproducing Roman debased alloys" (George, 2020) which studied the manufacturing methods used in the production of Roman silver coinage. The purpose of those experiments was to both recreate the casting process used by ancient moneyers and test the suitability of different mould materials, including clay, limestone and bronze. Although the experimental moulds offered new insights into minting technologies, the initial bronze mould experiments failed to produce blanks with a silver content lower than 70 %. Upon reflection, this was caused by decisions made in the design process, such as the choice of coating agent, which negatively affected the success of the castings. The current investigation revisits the bronze mould experiments using a different release agent. and results of the second bronze mould experiment are presented here.Nicola GeorgeEXARCarticlecoinroman eracastingsilverbronze agebronzeMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2021/1 (2021)
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description	This paper provides the details of a Roman minting experiment, which used a bronze mould to cast debased silver blanks typical of the third century A.D. The investigation follows the paper ''Experiments reproducing Roman debased alloys" (George, 2020) which studied the manufacturing methods used in the production of Roman silver coinage. The purpose of those experiments was to both recreate the casting process used by ancient moneyers and test the suitability of different mould materials, including clay, limestone and bronze. Although the experimental moulds offered new insights into minting technologies, the initial bronze mould experiments failed to produce blanks with a silver content lower than 70 %. Upon reflection, this was caused by decisions made in the design process, such as the choice of coating agent, which negatively affected the success of the castings. The current investigation revisits the bronze mould experiments using a different release agent. and results of the second bronze mould experiment are presented here.
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title	Experimental Roman Minting: Casting Silver-Copper Alloys into a Bronze Mould
title_short	Experimental Roman Minting: Casting Silver-Copper Alloys into a Bronze Mould
title_full	Experimental Roman Minting: Casting Silver-Copper Alloys into a Bronze Mould
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Experimental Roman Minting: Casting Silver-Copper Alloys into a Bronze Mould

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