Links & Resources

This page lists selected online resources, collections, digital projects, and educational materials dedicated to numismatic study. We welcome suggestions for other resources to add as long as they are non-commercial and open access.

Digital History & Art Projects

Money and Exchange in West Africa
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/money-and-exchange-in-west-africa/5riFCVvFDNcXodgL
A collaborative project between the London School of Economics and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Numismatic Collection. It explores the rich history of West African monetary systems from the 18th to 20th centuries through a digitized collection of 880 currency objects—including coins, cowries, and gold weights. The project also features curated digital collections designed for teaching, hosted on the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab platform.

Serpentarium Mundi
https://www.serpentarium.org/
A digital iconography compendium focused on cataloging depictions of serpents and related creatures across ancient civilizations. While not exclusively numismatic, one of the project's key sections features coins—a detailed volume (Volume III) highlighting iconographical subjects found on coins, contourniates, and medallions in a variety of materials such as bronze, silver, electrum, and gold. This volume is divided into six specialized chapters, each with articles based on iconographical subjects and context. Artifacts are represented through primary and secondary figures, offering obverse and reverse views. Each figure is assigned a unique identifier, and the gallery is organized systematically with tesserae for easy navigation. While still under development, this section promises to be a rich resource for numismatists and scholars of visual culture.

SYRIOS: Studying Urban Relationships and Identity Over Ancient Syria
https://syrios.uh.edu/
A project that brings the history of ancient Syria to modern audiences through a study of coins. Learn about the diverse communities on this nexus between East and West, as well as the overarching powers laying claim to them. Explore the different and innovative ways coins can be used as evidence, both as pieces of art and objects that move. Discover how seemingly lost histories of the past can be recovered through everyday items.

Digital Catalogs, References, Ontologies

Nomisma Project
https://nomisma.org/datasets
Nomisma is a digital infrastructure for numismatics, providing an ontology and stable identifiers and vocabulary for mints, rulers, denominations, types, and other numismatic concepts. It follows the principle of Linked Open Data--meaning the data is freely accessible and can be connected across different databases. Museums and institutions worldwide use Nomisma's standardized terms and concepts to describe their own collections, while Nomisma itself provides access to an extensive network of datasets, images, and descriptions from partner institutions and collections.

Numista
https://en.numista.com/
Numista is a popular online platform where coin collectors can identify coins, manage their collections, and connect with other enthusiasts. Both a catalogue and a community, the platform features an extensive collaborative database of world coins that users can contribute to with images and information. Collectors can identify coins, track their personal collections with detailed records while connecting with other collectors through forums and coin-swapping features. The site combines collection management tools with social features to create a comprehensive resource for numismatic enthusiasts of all levels.

Numiswiki
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki
NumisWiki, hosted by Forum Ancient Coins, is an extensive online resource for numismatic information, particularly focused on Ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins. It is a collaborative reference site with informational articles, coin terminology, historical information about rulers mints and monetary systems, and references to major numismatic reference works. historical details, and links related to ancient numismatics.

Scholarly Articles and Resources

Google Scholar 
 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&as_vis=1&q=numismatics&scisbd=1
Track new (and older) scholarly articles and books about numismatics. Start with the link above and use the links on the left to help your search, or start anew with more narrow terms. 

Zotero Group Libraries

WorldCat
https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=numismatics
Find numismatic books at a library near you!

Archival Materials

Internet Archive 
 https://archive.org/search?query=numismatics
The Internet Archive contains extensive collections of numismatic material including publications, websites, podcasts, collections. Use the filters and links on the left side of the page to browse or search for more specific collections and items

Archive of numismatic websites (Newman Portal / Wayback Machine)
https://archive-it.org/collections/9633
Under sponsorship of the Newman Portal at St. Louis University, the Wayback Machine has archived nearly a thousand numismatic websites, with additional sites being regularly added.

Online collections

Newman Numismatic Portal 
https://nnp.wustl.edu/   
The Newman Portal is an extensive archive of numismatic literature, a database of prominent numismatic people in numismatics, an encyclopedia, a collection of historic numismatic periodicals, auction catalogs, and image collections.

Dumbarton Oaks Online Catalogue of Byzantine Coins
https://www.doaks.org/resources/coins/catalogue#b_start=0

General Resources

Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS)
https://www.coinbooks.org/   
A society dedicated to promoting numismatic literature, offering resources and a forum for discussions among collectors and scholars. 

American Numismatic Society (ANS) Digital Library

  • Digital Library
    http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ 
    A collection of over 200 fully functional Open Access e-books, theses and dissertations in accessible PDF, EPUB, and TEI formats. 
     
  • Online Resources
    https://numismatics.org/resources/ 
    The ANS actively promotes the online use of its resources as both open source and open access with appropriate citations. The collections database ( MANTIS ), library catalog ( DONUM ), and online archives ( ARCHER ) have become essential parts of numismatic research, along with major international collaborations such as Online Coins of the Roman Empire ( OCRE ), Coinage of the Roman Republic Online ( CRRO ), and Coinage of the Kings of Macedonia ( PELLA ), among many others. The ANS also provides web hosting to the Nomisma project, a collaborative effort to provide stable digital representations of numismatic concepts and entities. 

American Numismatic Association (ANA) Digital Content Library