New technique for identifying old coins

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moneygolddiamond - There is a technological breakthrough news for identifying old coin that comes from Scientists and  archaeologists at the British Museum and Southampton University . The new x-ray technique have been invented to produce spectacular 3D images of Roman coins that were badly corroded inside pots or blocks of soil.

That x ray technology have result the visibility to the naked eye of identify rotating images built up from thousands of two-dimensional scans which is so clear. It makes old corrosive coins can be identified and even dated much more quickly and without risking damage to them.

Roger Bland as a coins expert who is also head of the Portable Antiquities and Treasure schemes for reporting archaeological finds, based at the British Museum, said: "The initial results are very encouraging and in some cases remarkable. The techniques could have profound implications for the way we assess and study finds in the future, producing results in a few hours that would take a conservator weeks or even months."

Rolls Royce turbine blades is the beginning of this invention. Initially, this x-ray technology at Southampton was developed to scan. the potential of the combined power of the x-ray machine. The knowledge of the academics and the skills of those producing the computer-generated images is further research that will be conducted by Dr Graeme Earl, an archaeologist member of the university's Archaeological Computing Research Group. He said "This gives archaeologists and conservators around the world the opportunity to virtually examine, excavate, and 'clean' objects." (guardian)

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