Silver Isotopes and the Rise of Money

Project Information

SILVER

Grant agreement ID: 741454

DOI 10.3030/741454

Project closed

EC signature date 10 July 2017

Start date 1 October 2017

End date 31 March 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 496 242,50

EU contribution € 2 496 242,50

Coordinated by

ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON
France

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Metal provenance of Iron Age Hacksilber hoards in the southern Levant

Author(s): Liesel Gentelli, Janne Blichert-Toft, Gillan Davis, Haim Gitler, Francis Albarède
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 134, 2021, Page(s) 105472, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105472

Platinum-group elements and gold in silver coinage and the issue of salt cementation

Author(s): Francis Albarède, Chloé Malod-Dognina , Philippe Télouk
Published in: J. Anal. At. Spectrom., Issue 12, 2023, ISSN 1364-5544
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistrt
DOI: 10.1039/d3ja00112a

A new algorithm for using Pb isotopes to determine the provenance of bullion in ancient Greek coinage

Author(s): Francis Albarede , Gillan Davis , Janne Blichert-Toft, Liesel Gentelli , Haim Gitler , Marine Pinto , Philippe Telouk
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 163, 2024, Page(s) 105919, ISSN 1095-9238
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2023.105919

From commodity to money: the rise of silver coinage around the ancient Mediterranean (6 th ‐1 st century BCE)

Author(s): F. Albarède, J. Blichert‐Toft, F. Callataÿ, G. Davis, P. Debernardi, L. Gentelli, H. Gitler, F. Kemmers, S. Klein, C. Malod‐Dognin, J. Milot, P. Télouk, M. Vaxevanopoulos, K. Westner
Published in: Archaeometry, Issue 62, 2020, ISSN 0003-813X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12615

New findings of ancient Greek silver sources

Author(s): Markos Vaxevanopoulos, Janne Blichert-Toft, Gillan Davis, Francis Albarède
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 137, 2022, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105474

Bullion mixtures in silver coinage from ancient Greece and Egypt

Author(s): Francis Albarede, Gillan Davis, Liesel Gentelli, Janne Blichert-Toft, Haim Gitler, Marine Pinto, Philippe Telouk
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 162, 2024, Page(s) 105918, ISSN 1095-9238
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2023.105918

Origin and fate of the greatest accumulation of silver in ancient history.

Author(s): Janne Blichert-Toft, François de Callataÿ, Philippe Télouk, Francis Albarède
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 14, 2022, Page(s) 64, ISSN 1866-9565
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-022-01537-y

Ag and Pb isotope systematics in galena ores from southern Sardinia and southern France flag potential silver sources in antiquity

Author(s): Francis Albarede;Maria Boni;Janne Blichert‑Toft;Markos Vaxevanopoulos;Katrin Westner;Jean Milot;Marine Pinto;Philippe Télouk
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Science, Issue 16, 2024, Page(s) 118, ISSN 1866-9565
Publisher: Spinger
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-024-02025-1

Analyses of queen Hetepheres’ bracelets from her celebrated tomb in Giza reveals new information on silver, metallurgy and trade in Old Kingdom Egypt, c. 2600 BC

Author(s): Karin Sowada, Richard Newman, Francis Albarede, Gillan Davis, Michele R. Derrick, Timothy D. Murphy, Damian B. Gore
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Issue 49, 2023, Page(s) 103978, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103978

Making money out of making money in ancient Athens

Author(s): Gillan Davis; Francis Albarède
Published in: Archaeometry, Issue 66, 2024, Page(s) 238-246, ISSN 1475-4754
Publisher: Oxford UP
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12926

Model for ancient Greek and Roman coinage production

Author(s): Francis Albarède, François de Callataÿ, Pierluigi Debernardi, Janne Blichert-Toft
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 131, 2021, Page(s) 105406, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105406

Sampling and combined Pb and Ag isotopic analysis of ancient silver coins and ores

Author(s): Jean Milot, Chloé Malod-Dognin, Janne Blichert-Toft, Philippe Télouk, Francis Albarède
Published in: Chemical Geology, Issue 564, 2021, Page(s) 120028, ISSN 0009-2541
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.120028

Isotope and trace element compositions of silver-bearing ores in the Balkansas possible metal sources in antiquity

Author(s): Katrin Julia Westner, Markos Vaxevanopoulos, Janne Blichert-Toft, Gillan Davis,Francis Albarede
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 155, 2023, Page(s) 105791, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2023.105791

109 Ag– 107 Ag fractionation in fluids with applications to ore deposits, archeometry, and cosmochemistry

Author(s): Toshiyuki Fujii, Francis Albarede
Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Issue 234, 2018, Page(s) 37-49, ISSN 0016-7037
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.05.013

Separating silver sources of Archaic Athenian coinage by comprehensive compositional analyses

Author(s): Gillan Davis, Damian B. Gore, Kenneth A. Sheedy, Francis Albarède
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 114, 2020, Page(s) 105068, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2019.105068

A miner's perspective on Pb isotope provenances in the Western and Central Mediterranean

Author(s): Francis Albarede, Janne Blichert-Toft, Liesel Gentelli, Jean Milot, Markos Vaxevanopoulos, Sabine Klein, Katrin Westner, Thomas Birch, Gil Davis, François de Callataÿ
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 121, 2020, Page(s) 105194, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105194

Comment on Mints not Mines: a macroscale investigation of Roman silver coinage by J.R. Wood, M. Ponting, and K. Butcher

Author(s): Francis Albarède , Janne Blichert-Toft, Gillan Davis , Liesel Gentelli , Jean Milot , Markos Vaxevanopoulos , Katrin Westner
Published in: Internet Archaeology, Issue 61, 2023, Page(s) 10, ISSN 1363-5387
Publisher: University of York
DOI: 10.11141/ia.61.10.comment

Narrowing provenance for ancient Greek silver coins using Ag isotopes andSb contents of potential ores

Author(s): Markos Vaxevanopoulos, Gillan Davis, Jean Milot, Janne Blichert-Toft, Chloe Malod-Dognin, Francis Albarede
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 145, 2022, Page(s) 105645, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2022.105645

Silver isotope and volatile trace element systematics in galena samples from the Iberian Peninsula and the quest for silver sources of Roman coinage

Author(s): Jean Milot, Janne Blichert-Toft, Mariano Ayarzagüena Sanz, Chloé Malod-Dognin, Philippe Telouk, Francis Albarède
Published in: Geology, Issue XX, 2022, Page(s) XX, ISSN 0091-7613
Publisher: Geological Society of America
DOI: 10.1130/g49690.1

The significance of galena Pb model ages and the formation of large Pb-Zn sedimentary deposits

Author(s): Jean Milot, Janne Blichert-Toft, Mariano Ayarzagüena Sanz, NadègeFetter, PhilippeTélouk, FrancisAlbarèdea
Published in: Chemical Geology, Issue 564, 2021, Page(s) 120444, ISSN 0009-2541
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120444