Gold

Scope note

Use for the pure metallic element having symbol Au and atomic number 79; soft, heavy, chemically inactive, yellow metal, considered as a precious metal since ancient times, and serving in many cultures as the basis of material trade values. Use also for this metal as processed and formed, usually in combination with other substances, to make various objects and materials.

This term has 5,271 records attributed within our system.

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Getty AAT term number

300011021

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13yrs ago

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Earring

Bead

Appliqué

Ring

Gulden

Maker(s)

Mint: Trier
Ruler: John II of Baden (1456-1503)
Archbishop (from 1465) (With the title of)

Ring

Hair-ring

Gold ring

Postulatsgulden

Maker(s)

Mint: Deutz
Ruler: Rupert, Count Palatine (1463-1480)

Earring

Appliqué

Bead

Ring

Gulden

Maker(s)

Mint: Wesel
Ruler: Werner of Falkenstein (1388-1418)

Gulden

Maker(s)

Mint: Riel
Ruler: Rupert, Count Palatine (1463-1480)

Weißpfennig

Maker(s)

Mint: Bonn
Ruler: Frederick of Saarwerden (1371-1414)

Gulden

Maker(s)

Mint: Coblenz
Ruler: Werner of Falkenstein (1388-1418)

Goldgulden

Maker(s)

Mint: Bremen
Ruler: Henry II of Schwarzburg (1463-1496)

Gulden

Maker(s)

Mint: Riel
Ruler: Dietrich of Moers (1414-63)

Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Moneyer: L.MVSSIDIVS R.F LONGVS IIIIVIR A.P.F
Mint: Rome

Bead

Pendant

Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Moneyer: Anonymous
Mint: Rome

Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Moneyer: Anonymous
Mint: Rome

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