BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 12:28:00
A roman coin that has baffled historians, thought to have been a fake for hundreds of years. a close look shows pit marks. these, and its crude design, led to the experts thinking it was made by forgers in the 18th century. oh, that�*s really nice around there. can we get a higher resolution image of that? but scientist paul pearson thought they were wrong. so he began a forensic investigation. silicon, oxygen, iron. under a high—power microscope, he found scratches, which could only have been produced by rubbing together with other coins in purses. and a chemical analysis showed that it h...