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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

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gallienus (AD 253-68) (Inferred)
Ruler: Valerian I (AD 253-60) (Inferred)
Ruler: Valerian II (AD 256-58) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Radiate fraction

Maker(s)

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

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37)
Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

Radiate fraction

Maker(s)

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

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37)
Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantine I The Great (AD 306-37) (Inferred)
Ruler: Crispus (AD 317-26) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: uncertain

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantine I The Great (AD 306-37)
Ruler: Constantius II (337-61) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Antioch (Inferred)

Antoninianus

Maker(s)

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

AE 3

Maker(s)

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

As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Vespasian (AD 69-79) (Inferred)
Ruler: Titus (AD 79-81) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome (Inferred)

As

Maker(s)

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

Dupondius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Claudius (AD 41-54)
Ruler: Antonia (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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