Celtic Copper Alloy Coin Minting Technology: Experiential Approaches

In this paper, details are presented for three technical approaches that can be employed in the reproduction of Celtic coins from Britain: 1) the use of pellet trays to produce coin blanks of standardised weight; 2) the use of successive iterations of clay moulds to shrink coin design images while r...

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Autores principales:	Lawrence Herzman, Monika Townsend
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Publicado:	EXARC 2018
Materias:	ancient technology coin iron age united kingdom Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ec30643e32704c9aa18270f841fcfea32021-12-01T14:42:33ZCeltic Copper Alloy Coin Minting Technology: Experiential Approaches2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/ec30643e32704c9aa18270f841fcfea32018-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10377https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956In this paper, details are presented for three technical approaches that can be employed in the reproduction of Celtic coins from Britain: 1) the use of pellet trays to produce coin blanks of standardised weight; 2) the use of successive iterations of clay moulds to shrink coin design images while retaining clarity; and 3) the use of a low-carbon steel die that was heated to a plastic state and struck with a cast bronze slug to imprint the design prior to hardening. The combination of these three approaches enabled reproductions that closely match coin finds in the archaeological record and may provide insight into coin minting processes from the Iron Age in Britain. Each of these three areas is described and details are provided for materials and tools employed. The place of coin minting technology as a collaboration between increasingly specialised industries in the context of the social transition from Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age is briefly considered.Lawrence HerzmanMonika TownsendEXARCarticleancient technologycoiniron ageunited kingdomMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2018/4 (2018)
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description	In this paper, details are presented for three technical approaches that can be employed in the reproduction of Celtic coins from Britain: 1) the use of pellet trays to produce coin blanks of standardised weight; 2) the use of successive iterations of clay moulds to shrink coin design images while retaining clarity; and 3) the use of a low-carbon steel die that was heated to a plastic state and struck with a cast bronze slug to imprint the design prior to hardening. The combination of these three approaches enabled reproductions that closely match coin finds in the archaeological record and may provide insight into coin minting processes from the Iron Age in Britain. Each of these three areas is described and details are provided for materials and tools employed. The place of coin minting technology as a collaboration between increasingly specialised industries in the context of the social transition from Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age is briefly considered.
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title	Celtic Copper Alloy Coin Minting Technology: Experiential Approaches
title_short	Celtic Copper Alloy Coin Minting Technology: Experiential Approaches
title_full	Celtic Copper Alloy Coin Minting Technology: Experiential Approaches
title_fullStr	Celtic Copper Alloy Coin Minting Technology: Experiential Approaches
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Celtic Copper Alloy Coin Minting Technology: Experiential Approaches

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