Nomisma Ontology

Wear on a coin occurring as a result of its use.

General term meaning the objects held by an institution or individual. Or the holding entity itself.

The archaeological context of a numismatic object.

A control mark is a letter, symbol or an inscription on a coin intended to distinguish a group of coins within an issue or series.

Degradation to a numismatic object due to chemical reaction with its environment.

A mark or symbol punched into a coin at some point during its time in circulation.

Term indicating the value of a coin. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.

The circumstances under which an object or group of objects came to be deposited and part of the archaeological record, for example as a hoard, votive deposit or chance loss.

Wear on a die occurring as a result of its use.

The circumstances under which an object or group of objects came to be discovered, for example as a chance stray find or a controlled excavation.

Generally, a tribal or ethnic name appearing on a coin. Distinct from personal authority as indicated by the presence of ruler's name.

Any widely recognized area of study within the discipline of numismatics.

A numismatic object or group of numismatic objects that was lost or deposited, whether intentionally or unintentionally, in previous times, and subsequently recovered. The recovery takes place independently of any intention of retrieval associated with the original deposition.

A group of numismatic objects: a store of wealth concealed with intent of recovery but which, for reasons not usually known to us, was not recovered until modern times.

The technique of manufacture. For example, struck or cast.

The physical material from which an object is made.

Generic term for a place of manufacture of a coin or for the issuing city.

A mint mark is a letter, symbol or an inscription on a coin indicating the mint where the coin was produced.

A monogram is a symbol made by overlapping or combining of letters or other graphemes.

The physical objects that are of interest in the numismatic domain.

A term used within the field of numismatics to describe or to otherwise convey information specific to the numismatic discipline, or to numismatic objects.

The numismatic type of an object. Ex. 'coin'.

A feature of a numismatic object that is not part of the original design.

Anomalies or unusual features which are related to the process of production of a coin; for example serratus, plating, doublestrike, etc.

A published work of reference relevant to a numismatic object.

An area of geographic significance and/or taxonomic importance, perhaps part of a larger geographic/administrative unit, having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

Anomalies or unusual features which arise subsequent to the actual production of a coin; for example halving, chop-marking, etc.

The possible shapes numismatic objects might have, could be standard like round or rectangular or even a polygon.

A published or recognized reference list of coin types, such as a catalogue or corpus.

An item within a reference list of coin types.

Wear on a numismatic object occurring as a result of its use.

The conventional weight system according to which a numismatic object was produced.