A CHARACTERIZATION OF COINS FROM THE NAJRAN HOARD, SAUDI ARABIA, PRIOR TO CONSERVATION

This paper presents the results of scientific examinations and analyses carried out on the archaeological coins discovered in Najran, Saudi Arabia. Optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abdulnaser AL-ZAHRANI, Mohamed GHONIEM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi 2012-09-01
Series:International Journal of Conservation Science
Subjects:
XRD
Online Access:http://ijcs.uaic.ro/pub/IJCS-12-15-AlZahrani.pdf