XVI International Numismatic Congress

Session

S90. NUMISMATIC DATABASES

S90

Sep 14, 2022, 11:00 AM

Old Library - Hall 115-116

Conveners

S90. NUMISMATIC DATABASES

• Ethan Gruber (American Numismatic Society)

147. Numista: building a collaborative universal numismatic database

Andrei Jipa, Xavier Rogé (Numista)

9/14/22, 11:00 AM

oral presentation

One of the largest online numismatic catalogues is hosted by Numista, serving as a knowledge base for coins, banknotes, medals, tokens, and other related items. The catalogue, numbering currently more than 280,000 types, is entirely free toaccess and addresses private collectors, museums, and researchers alike. The distinguishing features of Numista are (i) its collaborative nature, the...

148. From closed catalogues into linked open numismatic data in Finland

Eljas Oksanen (University of Helsinki ), Frida Ehrnsten (National Museum of Finland), Heikki Rantala (Aalto University)

9/14/22, 11:20 AM

oral presentation

This paper will investigate digital numismatic collections management challenges and potential solutions using the national collections at the National Museum of Finland and the Finnish Heritage Agency as a case study. Concentrating on coin finds, we will discuss digital heritage challenges that stem from combining heterogeneous older and modern catalogues and data, and in designing...

150. The Coin Hoards of the Roman Republic Online database: reflections and development after nine years.

Kris Lockyear (Institute of Archaeology, UCL )

9/14/22, 11:40 AM

oral presentation

The Coin Hoards of the Roman Republic database started in 1989 as part of a master’s dissertation. It was greatly expanded for my PhD, and then again for subsequent publications especially my book in 2007. The database was a personal research database, and hoards which fulfilled my personal research objectives were targeted. In 2011, I was approached by the late Rick Witschonke with a view to...