Orichalcum

Scope note

Brass rich in zinc used by the Greeks and Romans, sometimes for coins.

This term has 6 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

3000195994

Broader Terms used

brass (alloy)

Term used for

orichalch

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Sestertius of Titus, struck c. AD 80-81 at an uncertain eastern mint.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Titus (AD 79-81)
Mint: uncertain

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valerian I (AD 253-60)
Mint: Nicaea

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gallienus (253-268)
Mint: Nicomedia

Orichalcum sestertius of Domitian, Rome mint, AD 95-96.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Domitian (AD 81-96)
Mint: Rome

Probable 18th century cast and tooled sestertius of Nero, Lugdunum mint, AD 62-68.

Maker(s)

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

Orichalcum sestertius of Trajan, Rome mint, AD 103-11.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan (AD 98-117)
Mint: Rome

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