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Bronze

Scope note

Copper alloy that has as the principle alloying element a metal other than nickel or zinc. MMAHM

This term has 18,654 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300010957

Broader Terms used

copper alloy

Narrower Terms used

architectural bronze
bell metal
gunmetal
lead bronze
nickel bronze
phosphor bronze
statuary bronze

Term used for

alloy, copper-tin
copper-tin alloy

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

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One litra

Maker(s)

Mint: Syracuse

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Hemilitron

Maker(s)

Mint: Syracuse

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Sicily (Uncertain)
Place of use: Carthage

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Teanum Sidicinum

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Aegina
State: Aegina

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Syracuse

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Alexandria
Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204-181 BC)
Mint: Alexandria

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ptolemy VI Philometor (180 BC-145 BC)
Mint: Alexandria

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ptolemy IV Philopator (220 BC-203 BC)
Mint: Alexandria

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Athens
State: Athens

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Oinadai
State: Akarnania

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Sicily (Uncertain)
Place of use: Carthage

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Corinth
State: Corinthia

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Carthage (Uncertain)

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

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

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Sicyon
State: Sicyonia

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Aesernia

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Athens
State: Athens

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Sicyon
State: Sicyonia

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Alexandria
Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Thessalonica
State: Macedonia

An image of Hemilitron

Hemilitron

Maker(s)

Mint: Syracuse

An image of Greek

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Athens
State: Athens

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