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

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Created

14yrs ago

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One of nineteen medieval Italian coins from the Kunst and Münzen sale 29 (10.v.1993):

Maker(s)

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

One of five medieval coins of Sicily:

Maker(s)

Mint: Messina
Ruler: Charles of Anjou (1266-85)

One of nineteen medieval Italian coins from the Kunst and Münzen sale 29 (10.v.1993):

Maker(s)

Mint: Milan
Ruler: Filippo Maria Visconti (1412-47)

One of nineteen medieval Italian coins from the Kunst and Münzen sale 29 (10.v.1993):

Maker(s)

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

One of nineteen medieval Italian coins from the Kunst and Münzen sale 29 (10.v.1993):

Maker(s)

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

One of nineteen medieval Italian coins from the Kunst and Münzen sale 29 (10.v.1993):

Maker(s)

Mint: Milan
Ruler: Filippo Maria Visconti (1412-47)

Sardinia, Ferdinand the Catholic (1479-1516), billon reale minuto (CNI ii, 443.15), 0.90g. Found in Kent, before 1998 by Mr G. Wright of Ramsgate.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ferdinand II (1479-1516)

Billon picciolo of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro (1442-82).

Maker(s)

Ruler: Federico da Montefeltro (1442-82)
Mint: Urbino

Billon quattrino of Ferrara, Leonello d'Este (1441-50).

Maker(s)

Ruler: Leonello d'Este (1441-50)
Mint: Ferrara

Billon picciolo of Rome, Pope Callixtus III (1455-58).

Maker(s)

Ruler: Pope Callixtus III (1455-58)
Mint: Rome

Denaro picciolo

Denaro provisino

Maker(s)

Mint: Rome

Quattrino bianco da quattro denari

Maker(s)

Denaro

Maker(s)

Mint: Siena

Denaro

Maker(s)

Mint: Siena

One of fifty-nine Oriental coins:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gadhaiya Paisa (c. AD 1100)

One of thirty-three Oriental coins:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ajaya Deva (c. 1110-20)

One of forty-two Oriental coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Narwar
Ruler: Malaya Varma Deva (c. 1223-33)

One of forty-two Oriental coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Narwar
Ruler: Chahada Deva (c. 1245-59)

One of forty-two Oriental coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Kangra
Ruler: Triloka Chandra Deva (c. 1240?)

An image of Antoninianus

Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Victorinus (269-71) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Mint I (Inferred)
Mint: Cologne

An image of Antoninianus

Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Diocletian (285-310)
Ruler: Maximian (AD 286-305) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Ticinum
Mint: Pavia

An image of Antoninianus

Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Maximian (AD 286-305)
Ruler: Diocletian (285-310) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire

An image of Antoninianus

Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Victorinus (269-71)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Mint I
Mint: Cologne

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