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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: Al-Zahir Ghazi (1186-1216)
Mint: Halab (Uncertain)
Mint: Aleppo

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Fals

Maker(s)

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

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Moulay ´Abd al-Rahman (1822-59) (Struck in the rule of)

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20 Para

Maker(s)

Ruler: Abdul Mejid I (1823-61)
Otherruler: Muhammad as-Sadiq Bey (1860-76)
Mint: Misr

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Dirham

Maker(s)

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

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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: Isma‘il I b. Ahmad (892-907)
Mint: Samarqand
Mint: Samarkand

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Falus

Maker(s)

Mint: Qandahar
Mint: Qandhar

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tuqa Timur (c. 1272-91) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Kashghar

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Pul

Maker(s)

Ruler: Jani Beg (1341-57) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Saray Qrim
Mint: Staryi Krim

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Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mahmud b. Pishkin
Otherruler: Uzbek (1211-25)
Mint: Ahar

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Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad (1200-20)
Mint: Samarqand
Mint: Samarkand

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Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Tiberias
Mint: Tabariyia

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Falus

Maker(s)

Mint: Tabriz

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4 Kharub

Maker(s)

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

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Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: No mint
Place of use: Middle East

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Mutawakkil Isma‘il (1644-76)
Mint: No mint

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Para

Maker(s)

Ruler: Shahin Giray (1777-83)
Mint: Baghcha Saray

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Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-‘Aziz Muhammad (1216-36)
Mint: Halab
Mint: Aleppo

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Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: No mint
Place of use: Middle East

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Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad (1200-20)
Mint: Samarqand
Mint: Samarkand

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4 fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sidi Muhammad IV (1859-73) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Fas

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Pul

Maker(s)

Ruler: Jani Beg (1341-57)
Mint: Saray al-Jadida

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Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (1144-74)
Mint: Amid (Inferred)
Mint: Al-Hisn (Inferred)

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