Billon

Scope note

An alloy of silver mixed with an equal or greater amount of a base metal, usually copper.

This term has 4,766 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

3000194590

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13yrs ago

Connected records

Milan, Giovanni Visconti (1349-54), billon denaro (CNI 73.10; Crippa 4), 0.51g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Milan
Ruler: Giovanni Visconti (1329-1354)

One of six medieval German coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Magdeburg
Ruler: Frederick III of Beichlingen (1445-64)

One of nineteen medieval coins, fifteen of Hungary and four of the Low Countries:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Matthias I Corvinus (1458-90)

Genoa, Republic (1139-1339), Billon denaro, stile primitivo (CNI III, 3.1), 0.92g. From Varesi sale 36, lot 18.

Maker(s)

Mint: Genoa

One of seven billon denari of Sicily:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Henry VI (1190-97)
Ruler: Constance Queen of Sicily (1194-1197)

One of two medieval Italian coins:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eugenius IV (1431-47)

One of 26 medieval coins of the Balkans and Byzantium:

Maker(s)

Mint: Epirus
Ruler: John II Orsini (1321-35)

Genoa, Republic (1139-1339), Billon medaglia or half-denaro, or possibly ?-denaro? (cf. CNI III, 12.78), 0.51g. From Varesi sale 36, lot 303.

Maker(s)

Mint: Genoa

One of eleven medieval coins of the Low Countries from L. Schulman sale 21:

Maker(s)

Mint: Oyen
Ruler: Mary of Brabant (1362-99)

One of 15 medieval Balkan coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Epirus
Ruler: John II Orsini (1321-35)

One of twenty-seven medieval coins of the Low Countries:

Maker(s)

Mint: Arnhem
Ruler: Reinald, duke of Guelders (1402-23)

One of four medieval Italian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Genoa
Ruler: Raffaele Adorno (1443-7)

One of twelve medieval coins of the Low Countries:

Maker(s)

Mint: Zwolle

One of thirteen medieval Italian coins from Eugubium list no.6, 27 May 1997.

Maker(s)

Mint: Fermo
Ruler: Francesco I Sforza (1450-66)

One of fifty-nine Oriental coins:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gadhaiya Paisa (c. AD 1100)

One medieval Italian coin:

Maker(s)

Hungary, Sigismund (1387-1437), billon parvus (Réthy-Probszt 126; Huszar 582), 0.37g. Ex Van der Dussen sale 20 (18.x.1993), lot 1720.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sigismund of Luxembourg (1387-1437)

An image of Denmark

One of 20 Danish black billon coins, from Nellemann and Thomsen sale 739, lots :

Maker(s)

Ruler: Christopher II (1319-32)

One of thirteen medieval Italian coins from Eugubium list no.6, 27 May 1997.

Maker(s)

Bulgaria, Ivan Shishman (1371-93), billon (Docev XXXVIII.1, 13-9), 0.99g. From Basok sale 11, lot 336.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ivan Shishman (1371-93)

One of 13 medieval coins from Auctiones A.G. sale 26 (16.10.1996):

Maker(s)

Mint: Nancy
Ruler: René I of Anjou (1431-55)

One of four medieval Italian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Ferrara
Ruler: Nicholas II dEste (1393-1441)

An image of Denmark

One of 20 Danish black billon coins, from Nellemann and Thomsen sale 739, lots :

Maker(s)

Ruler: Erik VI Menved (1286-1319)

One of twenty-nine medieval coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Nieuwstad
Ruler: Joan of Merwede (1449-67)

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