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Copper alloy

This term has 13,194 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300010942

Broader Terms used

<copper and copper alloy>

Term used for

Æ
alloy, copper
copper-alloy

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Dupondius or as

Maker(s)

Ruler: Commodus (180-192)
Ruler: Crispina (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Severus Alexander (222-35)
Ruler: Orbiana (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80)
Ruler: Commodus (180-192) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80)
L. Verus (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Contorniate

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nerva (96-98) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome (Uncertain)

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla (211-17)
Ruler: Julia Domna (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Dupondius or as

Maker(s)

Ruler: Julia Domna (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Caracalla (211-17) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Elagabalus (AD 218-22)
Julia Maesa (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip I (AD 244-49)
Ruler: Philip II (AD 247-49) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80)
L. Verus (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Severus Alexander (222-35)
Ruler: Julia Mamaea (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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