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Corpus Nummorum Online
Corpus Nummorum Online, initially called Corpus Nummorum Thracorum and The Ancient Coins of Thrace - the Numismatic Thematic Portal, is a web portal that documents the ancient coins of four historical landscapes: Moesia Inferior, Mysia, Thrace, and the Troad. The database has been collecting and publishing the coins of ancient Thrace since 2012, and of the other regions since 2018. The aim of the project is to create both a comprehensive typology and its numismatic interpretation. The organizations leading this effort are the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) and the Berlin Coin Cabinet. The Big Data Lab of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main was added as another project partner for the corresponding integration and development of computer-aided methodologies.

The portal has been available in German and English since early 2020.

The portal is based on the coins from the Berlin Coin Cabinet as well as the plaster casts of coins available in the BBAW, which are continuously supplemented by coins from other collections. So far, coins from over 100 collections in 24 countries have been recorded. Coins from private collections and auction catalogues are also included in the portal.

Within the framework of the project, a comprehensive catalogue of coins and types from these four ancient regions will be created on the Internet. The coins and types will be shown with accompanying images wherever possible and will be given a unique identification number. The use of standard data will enable international exchange with other numismatic portals that span across collections, such as nomisma, the Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards Online , and the Roman Provincial Coinage Project.

The project is led by Ulrike Peter, Karsten Tolle, and Bernhard Weisser, while the entries have been the contributions of many and, in the spirit of citizen science, are supported by other external partners. In addition to the coin and type catalogues, the website offers an interactive map and a comprehensive list of relevant literature. Every month a coin is presented as Coin of the Month. The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) (BMBF).

In April 2015, the conference Thrace. Local Coinage and Regional Identity. Numismatic Research in the Digital Age was organized. In June 2016, the project was awarded second place in the Berlin Digital Humanities Award.

Web Links
www.corpus-nummorum.eu