XVI International Numismatic Congress

Database challenges for SNP Volumes 2 & 4

14 Sept 2022, 09:20

20m

Auditorium Maximum - Hall A

on-line oral presentation S25. ANTIQUITY 5. THE SYLLOGE NUMMORUM PARTHICORUM PROJECT (SNP)

Speaker

Chris Hopkins (Independent Researcher)

Description

This presentation discusses database management challenges met and overcome while publishing Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum Volume 2, and the ongoing preparations for Volume 4. In addition to technical database management issues, the process of acquiring, organizing and cataloguing more than 70,000 Parthian coins is discussed. Finally, the process of preparing a photos and text catalogue in sylloge format for print publication is addressed.