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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

Narrower Terms used

architectural bronze
bell metal
gunmetal
lead bronze
nickel bronze
phosphor bronze
statuary bronze

Term used for

alloy, copper-tin
copper-tin alloy

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

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AE 3

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valentinian I (364-75)
Ruler: Valens (364-378) (Inferred)
Ruler: Gratian (367-83) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Aquileia (Inferred)

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Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Diocletian (285-310)
Ruler: Maximian (AD 286-305) (Inferred)
Ruler: Galerius (305-11) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Lugdunum
Mint: Lyons

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Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tetricus I (AD 271-74) (Inferred)
Ruler: Tetricus II (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Mint I

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantine I The Great (AD 306-37)
Ruler: Licinius I (308-24) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Lugdunum
Mint: Lyons

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantine I The Great (AD 306-37)
Ruler: Constantine II (337-40) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Siscia
Mint: Sisak

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Vespasian (AD 69-79)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Maxentius (306-312) (Inferred)
Ruler: Constantine I The Great (AD 306-37) (Inferred)
Ruler: Constantius I (305-06) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Ticinum
Mint: Pavia

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AE 2

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valentinian II (375-92)
Ruler: Gratian (367-83) (Inferred)
Ruler: Theodosius I (379-95) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Antioch (Inferred)

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Roman Imperial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constans (AD 333-50) (Inferred)

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Vespasian (AD 69-79)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Western mint
Mint: Lugdunum (Inferred)
Mint: Lyons

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Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Claudius II (AD 268-70) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: uncertain

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the name of)

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Radiate fraction

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tetricus I (AD 271-74) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire

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AE 3

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valens (364-378)
Ruler: Valentinian I (364-75) (Inferred)
Ruler: Gratian (367-83) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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Roman Imperial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Magnentius (350-353)
Ruler: Decentius (AD 351-53) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Domitian (AD 81-96)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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Roman Imperial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantius II (337-61)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Cyzicus

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Radiate fraction

Maker(s)

Ruler: Claudius II (AD 268-70)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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AE 3

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valens (364-378)
Ruler: Valentinian I (364-75) (Inferred)
Ruler: Gratian (367-83) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Lugdunum
Mint: Rome

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Roman Imperial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Magnentius (350-353)
Ruler: Decentius (AD 351-53) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Lugdunum (Inferred)
Mint: Lyons

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caligula (AD 37-41)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantine I The Great (AD 306-37) (Inferred)
Issuer: Urbs Roma (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Treveri
Mint: Trier

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