Gold

Scope note

Use for the pure metallic element having symbol Au and atomic number 79; soft, heavy, chemically inactive, yellow metal, considered as a precious metal since ancient times, and serving in many cultures as the basis of material trade values. Use also for this metal as processed and formed, usually in combination with other substances, to make various objects and materials.

This term has 5,282 records attributed within our system.

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Keyword

Getty AAT term number

300011021

Broader Terms used

<gold and gold alloy>

Term used for

Created

14yrs ago

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Dinar

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Mustansir (1036-94)
Mint: Misr

20-as

Maker(s)

Mint: Rome

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Octodrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285 BC-246 BC)

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Octodrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ptolemy IV Philopator (220 BC-203 BC)
Mint: Alexandria

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Octodrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ptolemy VI Philometor (180 BC-145 BC) (Uncertain)
Ruler: Ptolemy VII (Uncertain)
Ruler: Arsinoe II (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Alexandria

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Octadrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285 BC-246 BC)
Mint: Alexandria

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Aureus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Brundisium (Inferred)
Mint: Rome (Inferred)

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Aureus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Brundisium (Inferred)
Mint: Rome (Inferred)

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Aureus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
Moneyer: Marcus Durmius
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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Aureus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Pergamum

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Aureus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Lugdunum
Mint: Lyons

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Quarter stater

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eppillus
Atrebates
Mint: Calleva

Stater

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nicomedes II Epiphanes (149 BC-127 BC)
Mint: Bithynia

Quarter stater

Maker(s)

Mint: Rhodes

Octadrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ptolemy III Euergetes (246 BC-221 BC)

Quarter stater

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tasciovanus

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One of twelve ancient coins in gold, electrum and silver of the state of Carthage (8 coins), of Syracuse, Sicily, of Lysimachus King of Thrace and Ptolemy I King of Egypt.

Maker(s)

Mint: Calchedon

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Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Pyrrhus I of Epirus (306-272 BC)
Mint: Syracuse

Ancient Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Paphos
Ruler: Timarchos of Paphos

Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285 BC-246 BC)
Ruler: Arsinoe II
Ruler: Ptolemy I (323 BC-285 BC) (Struck in memory of)
Ruler: Berenice I (Struck in memory of)
Mint: Alexandria

One litra

Maker(s)

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Quarter stater

Maker(s)

Twentieth

Maker(s)

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Agrigentum

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