Abstract
The Abergavenny (Wales) hoard is a recently discovered collection of late Saxon and Norman silver coins, the details of which were badly obscured by corrosion products and iron concretions. A Q-switched Nd:YAG laser, using near infrared radiation at 1,064 nm, was employed to clean the hoard. Detail retained on the surface of the coins after laser cleaning included "rough-out" marks and polishing marks from the original die, as well as the legend. From this evidence, surface damage appears to have been minimal and the treatment very successful.
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Davis, M. (2007). Laser Cleaning the Abergavenny Hoard: Silver Coins from the Time of William the Conqueror. In Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks (pp. 45–51). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72310-7_6
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