NOMISMATA is the first geo- and chronoreferenced database of Byzantine coin finds. A database like this did not exist before, so we created one at the University of Trieste. What is it for? Without a database of this kind, anyone studying the circulation of Byzantine coinage had to rely solely on books or articles, analyzing coin finds one publication at a time. With NOMISMATA, instead, researchers can view all Byzantine coin finds together – across both geographic space and historical time – while controlling their reliability.
In this way, scholars can enlarge their research on the production and circulation of Byzantine currency in the long run, build new models, identify correlations, conduct analyses, define more precisely the areas of particular mints and explore trends and patterns. This should make a new approach possible and – hopefully – allow for new discoveries. So, NOMISMATA is essentially a research tool. It also provides users with access to all the sources it draws from, making NOMISMATA a repository of scholarly literature on Byzantine coin finds as well.
Despite the continuous political fluctuations on the Balkan Peninsula during the 13th and 14th centuries, the territory situated between the Danube River and the Balkan Mountains remained largely within the borders of the Second Bulgarian Empire. Consequently, monetary circulation within this geographical and chronological framework can be regarded as primarily determined by the monetary policy…
This paper presents a national project entitled “Digital Numismatic Museum: A Scientific Database and Virtual Exhibition Platform for Byzantine Coin Collections.” The project aims to establish an accessible Digital Numismatic Museum by digitising Byzantine-period coin collections for the purposes of scholarly research and the preservation of cultural heritage. Within the scope of the project, the…
Recent decades have seen an increased interest in Byzantine islands, focusing on different aspects of their particularities characterizing insular environments. Numismatic circulation does not constitute an exception in that respect, since it has been one of the first scientific fields that have highlighted these particularities. Sicily, for example, has been rightly exemplified as one of…
NOMISMATA is the first geo- and chronoreferenced database of Byzantine coin finds. A database like this did not exist before, so we created one at the University of Trieste. What is it for? Without a database of this kind, anyone studying the circulation of Byzantine coinage had to rely solely on books or articles, analyzing…
Over the past decade, Byzantine coin finds from the Italian peninsula and the Adriatic region have become central to the study of monetary circulation in the western empire. Integration of these finds into the Nomismata database allows coins to be analysed by mint, authorities, chronological distribution, and regional circulation patterns, situating local evidence within a…
In the second half of the 5th century, central Illyricum was affected by a significant decline in monetary circulation, particularly bronze coins, as a result of the destruction of the limes and towns by the Huns, followed by depopulation and the settlement of various barbarian groups. The Byzantine reconquest, from Anastasius I to Justinian I,…