Definición

• A brittle base metal ; an alloy of lead, copper, tin, zinc, and twenty per cent of silver. This composition occurs in the Denarii of Valerianus, Gallienus, etc., and t he large series of base Tet radrachms struck at Alexandria in Egypt From the lii-sl to the third century A.I). The term is usually applied to ancient coins, but, the mixture is of the character of Billon (q.v.).

Fuente

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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