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Bronze

Scope note

Copper alloy that has as the principle alloying element a metal other than nickel or zinc. MMAHM

This term has 19,132 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300010957

Broader Terms used

copper alloy

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan Decius (AD 249-51)
Ruler: Herennius Etruscus (AD 251) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Philadelphia

Assarion

Maker(s)

Mint: Chios

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip I
Ruler: Otacilia Severa (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Phocaea

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip II
Mint: Samos

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla
Mint: Alabanda

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip I
Ruler: Otacilia Severa (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Smyrna

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Maximinus
Ruler: Maximus (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Acmoneia

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Aphrodisias

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip I
Mint: Phocaea

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla
Ruler: Plautilla (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Hypaepa

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Aphrodisias

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