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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>

Narrower Terms used

<copper-aluminum alloy>
brass (alloy)
bronze
copper-beryllium alloy
copper-nickel alloy
copper-silicon alloy
shakudo
shibuichi
silvered copper alloy

Term used for

Æ
alloy, copper
copper-alloy

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

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Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Dupondius

Dupondius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan (AD 98-117)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of As

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

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

An image of Dupondius

Dupondius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan (AD 98-117)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Dupondius

Dupondius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of As

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of As

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan (AD 98-117)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Dupondius

Dupondius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Severus Alexander (222-35)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
Ruler: Faustina I (AD 138-41) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Dupondius or as

Dupondius or as

Maker(s)

Ruler: Claudius (AD 41-54)
Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Dupondius

Dupondius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of As

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: uncertain
State: Roman Empire
Place of use: Roman Empire

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan (AD 98-117)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Dupondius

Dupondius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of As

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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