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In this paper we present an image-based classification method for ancient Roman Republican coins that uses multiple sources of information. Exemplar-based classification, which estimates the coins’ visual similarity by means of a dense correspondence field, and lexicon-based legend recognition are unified to a common classification approach. Classification scores from both coin sides are further integrated to an overall score determining the final classification decision. Experiments carried out on a dataset of 60 different classes comprising 464 coin images show that the combination of methods leads to higher classification rate than using them separately.
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Zambanini, S., Kavelar, A., Kampel, M. (2013). Improving Ancient Roman Coin Classification by Fusing Exemplar-Based Classification and Legend Recognition. In: Petrosino, A., Maddalena, L., Pala, P. (eds) New Trends in Image Analysis and Processing – ICIAP 2013. ICIAP 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8158. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41190-8_17
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