15461
Accession Number
8239
Title Of Article Chaper
The gold contents of Fatimid coins reconsidered
Title Of Journal Book
Metallurgy in numismatics
Volume
1
Pages
99-118
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The results of the specific gravity analysis of almost 350 Fatimid gold coins (mostly in the British Museum) are reported and the fluctuations in fineness described. Some of the debased coins are thus identified as Crusader imitations, and in other cases the slight changes in fineness can be related to changes in the legend on the coin. -- AATA
pub_id
15461