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Copper

Scope note

Use for the pure metallic element having the symbol Cu and atomic number 29; a reddish metal that is very malleable and ductile. Use also for this metal as processed and formed, usually in combination with other substances, to make various objects and materials.

This term has 15,874 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300011020

Broader Terms used

<copper and copper alloy>

Term used for

Cu

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sidi Muhammad IV (1859-73) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Fas

Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Tiberias
Mint: Tabariyia

Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: No mint
Place of use: Middle East

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Moulay ´Abd al-Rahman (1822-59) (Struck in the rule of)
Place of use: Morocco

10 Para

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Abd al-Majid (1823-61)
Ruler: Muhammad Bey (1856-59) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Qustantiniya
Mint: Istanbul

Fals

Maker(s)

Issuer: Ja‘afar b. Ahsala
Ruler: Al-Mahdi (775-85) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Marw (Uncertain)
Mint: Merv

Fals

Maker(s)

Issuer: Salih b. ‘Ali
Mint: Halab
Mint: Aleppo

Falus

Maker(s)

Mint: Abushahr

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nasr II b. Ahmad (914-43) (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Mansur I (961-76) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Farwan

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ali b. al-Hasan
Mint: Kilwa (Inferred)

Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Qinnasrin

Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Emesa
Mint: Homs

Falus

Maker(s)

Mint: Kabul

Kharub

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (1861-76)
Ruler: Muhammad al-Sadiq Bey (1876-82) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Tunis (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Birmingham
Place of issue: Tunis

Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: ‘Amman
Mint: Amman

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Faraj (1399-1405, 1406-12)
Mint: Damascus (Uncertain)

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