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In early 2019 the American Numismatic Society partnered Richard Schaefer in the Roman Republican Die Project, aiming at making available to the public his archive of over 300,000 pictures of Roman Republican Coinage, likely the largest die study ever undertaken. The first part of this project consisted of the digital preservation of Schaefer’s archive and was completed in June 2019. The second phase of this project, still ongoing, consists in the quantification of Schaefer’s die counts as recorded in these images, with a specific focus on the coinage issued between 90 and 75 BCE. These statistical data are gradually becoming accessible through Coinage of the Roman Republic Online. We envision a much more ambitious third phase after all the existing data is publicly available in which we create a research group and digital tools to expand on Schaefer’s work, incorporating new specimens and increasing coverage of all issues.
