Conveners
S89. MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN NUMISMATICS
- Kevin Butcher (University of Warwick)
As part of an interdisciplinary project a wide range of non-destructive and destructive examinations of cistophori were carried out in order to answer archaeometallurgical questions. The destructive testing methods include the examples minted before 39 BC. The non-destructive testing methods include those minted up to the Hadrianic era. Destructively examined coins delivered information about...
The spread of ancient coins counterfeits leads to historical and social distortions. Considering this, the need for adequate measures rises. In the last two years, the active collaboration of Bulgarian and international researchers within the framework of the ACCS Network and the project “Measuring Ancient Thrace” has provided a sustainable basis and new perspectives in this direction.
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Nowadays, one of the most widely used non-destructive methods is digitization, both two-dimensional and three-dimensional. It provides many opportunities in presenting the cultural heritage to the general and professional public.
I will discuss the procedures used in the digitization of the coins of the Roman Empire, from which three-dimensional computer models are created through 3D...
During the pandemic, museum visitors became increasingly reliant on the internet for acquiring information about collections they could not visit in person. In 2020, curatorial and imaging staff at the Art Institute of Chicago launched a project to investigate how Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) can be used to present ancient inscribed works to new virtual audiences. Digitally...
