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.
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13yrs ago
Ruler: Claudius II (AD 268-70)
Ruler: Victorinus (269-71)
Ruler: Claudius II (AD 268-70)
Ruler:
Carinus (AD 283-85)
Ruler:
Carus (AD 282-83)
(Inferred)
Mint:
Antioch
State:
Roman Empire
Ruler:
Carus (AD 282-83)
Ruler:
Carinus (AD 283-85)
(Inferred)
Mint:
Antioch
State:
Roman Empire
Ruler:
Postumus (260-69)
(Struck in the name of)
Issuer:
Aureolus
Mint:
Milan
State:
Roman Empire
Ruler:
Diocletian (285-310)
Mint:
Tripolis
State:
Roman Empire
Mint:
Tripoli (Lebanon)
Ruler:
Diocletian (285-310)
Ruler:
Maximian (AD 286-305)
(Inferred)
Mint:
Antioch
State:
Roman Empire
Ruler:
Victorinus (269-71)
(Inferred)
State:
Roman Empire
Mint:
Mint II
Mint:
Trier
Ruler:
Tetricus I (AD 271-74)
Ruler:
Tetricus II
(Inferred)
Mint:
Mint I
Mint:
Cologne
State:
Roman Empire
Ruler:
Claudius II (AD 268-70)
State:
Roman Empire
Mint:
Mediolanum
Mint:
Milan
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