Where does Great Moravian gold come from? Byzantine coins as a source of raw material

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RIV/68081758:_____/24:00617045
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angličtina
Original language name
Where does Great Moravian gold come from? Byzantine coins as a source of raw material
Original language description
A high concentration of jewellery and dress accessories made of precious metal, including gold, can be found among the ninth-century grave goods in Great Moravia. Finds of goldsmiths´ tools, raw metal and semi-finished products in local contexts prompt us to consider that the production of these jewels may have taken place in the territory of Great Moravia itself. The question is, what was the source of the raw material possible origin of the material. One find of a Byzantine coin, a solidus of Michael III, was found in Mikulčice, one of the main Great Moravian centres. This coin was analysed using scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) and with a X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF). The results were compared with analyses of seven solid gold jewels from Mikulčice using the same methods to find out if their elemental chemical composition was similar and thus if recycling Byzantine coins could have been a possible method used to produce jewellery and dress-accessories in Great Moravia.
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I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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