A Preliminary Study of the Gold Content of Byzantine Coins and a Possible Link to the Supernova of Year AD 1054

A series of 11 Byzantine gold coins were investigated, including two examples of an extremely rare type called histamenon “stellatus”, from around the reign of the Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (AD 1042–1055). The methods applied were X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), specific den...

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Main Author: Kasper Mayntz Paasch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Series:Heritage
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/8/6/230
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