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Copper

Scope note

Use for the pure metallic element having the symbol Cu and atomic number 29; a reddish metal that is very malleable and ductile. Use also for this metal as processed and formed, usually in combination with other substances, to make various objects and materials.

This term has 15,886 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300011020

Broader Terms used

<copper and copper alloy>

Term used for

Cu

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muhammad I (1293-94, 1299-1309, 1310-41)
Mint: al-Qahira
Mint: Cairo

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Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Tiberias
Mint: Tabariyia

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Kayka´us I (1210-19)
Mint: No mint

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Pul

Maker(s)

Ruler: Khizr Khan (1359-61)
Mint: Gulistan
Mint: Golestan

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Pul

Maker(s)

Ruler: Jani Beg
Mint: Saray al-Jadida

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Abd al-Rahman III (912-61)
Mint: Al-Andalus

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Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Yubna
Mint: Yavne

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Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Tiberias (Inferred)

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Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad (1200-20)
Mint: Tirmidh
Mint: Termez

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Barquq (1382-89, 1390-99)
Mint: Hamah

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Abu ´Abd Allah Muhammad II (1517-57) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Fas

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Manghir

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sulayman I (1520-66)
Mint: Misr

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Islamic

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mahmud II (1808-39) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Qustantiniya
Mint: Istanbul

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Kaykhusru II (1236-45)
Mint: Qunya
Mint: Konya

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ali II (1376-81)
Mint: Tarabulus
Mint: Tripoli

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Abaqa (1265-82)
Mint: Al-Mawsil
Mint: Mosul

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Falus

Maker(s)

Mint: Bandar

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Kaykhusru II (1236-45)
Mint: Qunya
Mint: Konya

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Fals

Maker(s)

Issuer: Dawud b. Karar
Mint: Herat

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Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Emesa
Mint: Homs
Mint: Hims

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Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Khusru Shah
Mint: uncertain

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ahmad b. Tulun (868-84)
Mint: Misr

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Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: al-Mu‘azzam Mahmud (1208-51)
Ruler: al-Zahir (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: heir (With the title of)
Mint: al-Jazira
Mint: Cizre

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40 Para

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (1861-76)
Ruler: Muhammad al-Sadiq Bey (1876-82) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Misr

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