Billon

Scope note

An alloy of silver mixed with an equal or greater amount of a base metal, usually copper.

This term has 4,766 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

3000194590

Broader Terms used

Created

12yrs ago

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Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Azes II (35 BC-12 BC)
Mint: Taxila Sirkap (Uncertain)
Place of use: Northern India

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Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sasan (c. 35-60)
Ruler: Gondophares (20-55) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Taxila Sirsukh
Mint: Sirsukh

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Elagabalus (AD 218-22)
Mint: Alexandria

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Bawbee

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mary (1542-67)
Mint: Edinburgh
State: Scotland

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Batzen

Maker(s)

Issuer: Solothurn
Mint: Solothurn (Inferred)
State: Switzerland

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38) (Inferred)
Ruler: Lucius Ælius Verus (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Alexandria

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Jital

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ghiyath Balban (1266-87)
Mint: Delhi (Inferred)

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Deneir

Maker(s)

Ruler: Bohemond III (1163-1201)
Mint: Antioch

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Gros

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Obol

Maker(s)

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Denaro mezzo (or denaro treollino)

Maker(s)

Mint: Parma

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12 kreuzer

Maker(s)

Ruler: Francis II (1792-1803, 1804-35)
Mint: Kremnitz

Billon denaro of Rome, Senate (1184-1439).

Maker(s)

Ruler: Senate (1184-1439)
Mint: Rome

Greco-Bactrian silver or billon drachm of Eucratides I (c. 171-45 BC)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eucratides I (c. 171 BC-145 BC)

Moldavian billon gros of Stephen II (1433-35; 1442-47).

Maker(s)

Ruler: Stephen II (1433-53; 1442-47)

Moldavian billon gros, 1432-42

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ilias I (1432-1433, 1435-36, 1436-1442)

Moldavian billon half gros, 1400-32

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alexander the Good (1400-32)

Billon denier provinois of Henri I or Henri II of France (1152-1180-1197).

Maker(s)

Ruler: Henri I or II (1152-1180-1197)
Mint: Provins

Billon quattrino of Siena, Commune (1404-1555), struck 1423-70.

Maker(s)

Mint: Siena

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Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Commodus (180-192)
Mint: Alexandria

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Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68)
Mint: Alexandria

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valerian I (AD 253-60)
Ruler: Gallienus (AD 253-68) (Inferred)
Mint: Alexandria

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valerian I (AD 253-60) (Inferred)
Ruler: Gallienus (AD 253-68) (Inferred)
Ruler: Salonina (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Alexandria

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Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Vaballathus (AD 267-72)
Ruler: Aurelian (AD 270-75)
Mint: Alexandria

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