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Billon

Scope note

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

This term has 4,768 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

3000194590

Broader Terms used

silver alloy

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

10 kreuzer

Maker(s)

Issuer: Bern
Mint: Bern (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

Batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Neuchatel
Mint: Neuchatel (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

Batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Thurgau
Mint: Frauenfeld (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

Half batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Neuchatel
Mint: Neuchatel (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

Half batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Neuchatel
Mint: Neuchatel (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

Batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Aargau
State: Switzerland

Batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Neuchatel
Mint: Neuchatel (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

Batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Freiburg
Mint: Freiburg (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

Batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Schaffhausen
Mint: Schaffhausen (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

5 batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Bern
Mint: Bern (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

5 batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Vaud
Mint: Lausanne (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

Batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: St Gallen
Mint: St Gallen (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

Batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Geneva (Uncertain)
State: Switzerland

Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ghiyath-ud-din Tughluq (1320-25)
Place: Delhi (Inferred)

Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: Jalal Mangbarni (1220-24)
Mint: Nandana (Inferred)

Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish (1210-35)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: Qutb. Mubarak (1316-20)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325-51)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

Tanka (coin)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sikandar Lodi (1488-1517)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: 'Ala-ud-Din Mas'ud (1242-46)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mu'izuddin Kaiqubad (1287-90)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: Saif Hasan Qarlugh (1239-49)
Mint: Multan (Inferred)

Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish (1210-35)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

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