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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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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip I (AD 244-49)
Mint: Perge

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Mint: Berytus
Mint: Beirut

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Claudius (AD 41-54) (Inferred)
Ruler: Messalina (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Aegae Aeolis
Mint: Aigai

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip II (AD 247-49)
Mint: Amblada

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
Mint: Caesarea Maritima
Mint: Caesarea

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
Mint: Cyrrhus

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla (211-17)
Mint: Irenopolis / Neronias

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Macrinus (AD 217-18)

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan (AD 98-117) (Inferred)
Issuer: Tamias Caius Claudius Bion
Mint: Smyrna
Mint: îzmir

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Severus Alexander (222-35)
Mint: Caesareia
Mint: Caesarea (Cappadocia)

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68)
Mint: Laodicea
Mint: Smyrna

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Severus Alexander (222-35)
Mint: Antioch
Mint: Antioch in Pisidia

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla (211-17)
Mint: Antioch
Mint: Antioch in Pisidia

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Mint: Sagalassus
Mint: Sagalassos

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan (AD 98-117) (Inferred)
Ruler: Plotina (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Tabae
Mint: Tavas

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Issuer: Nichomachus (Struck in the name of)
Issuer: Thessalian League
Ruler: Hadrian (117-38) (Struck in the rule of)

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Mint: Cnidus

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla (211-17)
Mint: Antioch
Mint: Antioch in Pisidia

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37)
Ruler: Herod Philip II (4 BC-AD 34) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Caesarea Panias
Mint: Caesarea Philippi

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80) (Inferred)
Mint: Byzantium

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Macrinus (AD 217-18)
Mint: Perge

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip I (AD 244-49)
Mint: Laodicea ad Mare
Mint: Latakia

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Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68)

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gordian III (238-244)
Mint: Edessa (Uncertain)
Mint: Aegeae (Uncertain)

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