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Articles

• Sodaei, Bita
• Hajivaliei, M.
• Khademi Nadooshan2, Farhang

Chemical composition made by PIXE and XRF of silver coins which have been minted in the Ecbatana mint houses in the Parthian period (247 BC- 224 AD) implies silver sources, which has been extracted for issuing coins. Also, it gives information about the economic and political conditions of the era under study. Fifteen Perthian and twenty two Sasanian (459 - 651 A.D.) silver coins were analyzed. The silver metal, which has been used in this Satrap, as been explored when commercial activity and population gone high, more silver has been extracted and access to the new sources was necessary by the Parthian. Here, we analytically show the number of mines for extraction of silver in this satrap and possible number of silver ore sources

• History and Archaeology

• Αρχαιολογία

Parthian, Sasanian, Medes, coins, silver, PIXE, XRF

Corresponding author: B. Sodaei (bitasodaei@yahoo.com), We are thankful to the Prof Geurra responsible for laboratory of Louvre museum of Paris, Mr. Safari responsible for XRF and XRD laboratory of Tarbiat Modares University, Prof. Lamehi-Rachti and Mrs. Oliaei the (in command of Van de Graff Laboratory and Miss Baseri in command of the coin’s cabinet of the national museum of Iran).

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