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The newest Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP) data release includes seven control-marked issues which are part of the subset of issues which Richard Schaefer has termed ODEC (One Die for Every Control-Mark). These are issues where only one die is produced with any given control mark. Schaefer has given particular attention to these issues because of their potential in helping us test modern statistical methods of quantification, as already addressed in previous posts. For ODEC issues with sequential numerical control marks, Schaefer recognized that the highest control numeral should be equivalent to the original number of dies. Five of the…
Lucia Carbone and Liv M. Yarrow
The following post is a precursor to a Long Table discussion scheduled for Friday, July…
As the ANS continues to make duplicates from its collection available on eBay, it may be of interest to Society…
Ruling over parts of Asia Minor and Macedonia starting with Antigonus I Monophthalmus (the “One-Eyed”, r. 306–301 BC), the Antigonid…
by Lucia Carbone, Assistant Curator for Roman Coins, American Numismatic Society; and Liv Yarrow, Associate Professor of Classics, Brooklyn College
The…
One of the more enigmatic aspects of ancient Greek coinage, and Hellenistic coinage in particular, are the many symbols and…
As work continues apace to add monograms to the coin data presented in Seleucid Coins Online (SCO) (as well as…
Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC) is the definitive corpus of coins issued under the Roman Empire. This 10-volume typology spans 460…
The American Numismatic Society is pleased to announce the launch of CoinHoards, a new web-based, linked open data tool for…
In 2018, the ANS launched Ptolemaic Coins Online as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities funded Hellenistic Royal…
Back in 2015, the ANS launched PELLA (numismatics.org/pella) as our first foray into creating dedicated online tools with a focus…
Original and zoomed images of an Arethusa coin (ANS 1997.9.54).
The ANS is pleased to announce a new image-zooming feature in…