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Silver

Scope note

Use for the pure metallic element having symbol Ag and atomic number 47; a malleable, ductile, white metal with characteristic sheen, considered a precious metal. Use also for this metal as processed and formed, usually in combination with other substances, to make various objects and materials.

This term has 33,053 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object category
Object name
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300011029

Getty AAT term number

300011029

Broader Terms used

<silver and silver alloy>

Narrower Terms used

Base silver
fine silver

Term used for

Ag

Created

13yrs ago

Closely matched 3rd party resources

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011029

Connected records

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Maker(s)

Mint: Rome
Moneyer: Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi
State: Rome

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Grosso

Maker(s)

Ruler: Clement XIII (1758-69)
Mint: Rome (Inferred)
State: Papal States

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Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Mint: Rome
Moneyer: Caius Coelius Caldus
State: Rome

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Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Mint: Rome
Moneyer: Lucius Iulius Bursio
State: Rome

½ karshapana

Maker(s)

State: Panchala
Place of use: Uttar Pradesh

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Scudo

Maker(s)

State: Rome
Mint: Rome (Inferred)

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Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Mint: Rome
Moneyer: Decimus Silanus
State: Rome

½ karshapana

Maker(s)

State: Surasena
Place of use: Uttar Pradesh

Mashaka

Maker(s)

State: Maurya
Place of use: Northern India

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Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Mint: Rome
Moneyer: Lucius Iulius Bursio
State: Rome

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Denarius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
Moneyer: Publius Carisius
Mint: Emerita
Mint: Mîrida

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Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Mint: Rome
Moneyer: Lucius Censorinus
State: Rome

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4 groschen

Maker(s)

Ruler: Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797-1840)
Mint: Berlin
State: Prussia

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Eighth dollar

Maker(s)

Ruler: George IV (1820-30)
State: British West Indies
Place of use: Caribbean

Mashaka

Maker(s)

State: Maurya
Place of use: Northern India

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Gulden

Maker(s)

Ruler: Bernhard II (1821-66)
Mint: Meiningen (Inferred)
State: Saxe-Meiningen

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2 reales

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip V (1700-46)
Mint: Seville
State: Spain

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Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Mint: Rome
Moneyer: Lucius Iulius Bursio
State: Rome

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Shilling

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anne (1702-14)
Mint: London (Inferred)
State: United Kingdom
Mint: Edinburgh

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Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Moneyer: Publius Satrienus
Mint: Rome

Amulet

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Rupee

Maker(s)

Ruler: Islam Shah (1545-52)
Mint: Kalpi (Inferred)

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Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Henry VIII (1509-1547)
Mint: Canterbury
State: England

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1 Kori

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mahabat Khan II (1851-1892)
Mint: Junagarh

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