HoardBaseHoardBase brings the standard coin catalogues together as digitized, searchable databases, alongside mirrors of the big institutional resources like OCRE and PELLA. Users can also search beyond exact keywords by using our “HoardBot” search engine.
Database Mirrors
Coin datasets from the American Numismatic Society and other institutions, available under Creative Commons licenses. Mirrored here to provide a reliable backup when the original servers are unavailable, while adding features that make the data easier to search and additional data where the original ANS source was incomplete.
Roman
CRROCoinage of the Roman Republic Online (Mirror, ANS)Roman Republic coin types, after Michael Crawford's Roman Republican Coinage.
OCREOnline Coins of the Roman Empire (Mirror, ANS)Roman Imperial coin types catalogued in Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC), from Augustus in 31 BC to Zeno in AD 491.
RPCRoman Provincial Coinage Online (Mirror, Oxford)Provincial coinage of the Roman Empire, mirroring Oxford's RPC Online.
Greek & Hellenistic
PELLACoinage of the Macedonian Kings of the Argead Dynasty (Mirror, ANS)Macedonian coins of the Argead dynasty, including Philip II and Alexander the Great.
AGCOAntigonid Coins Online (Mirror, ANS)Coinage of the Hellenistic Antigonid dynasty, currently focused on Demetrius I Poliorcetes.
PCOPtolemaic Coins Online (Mirror, ANS)Coinage of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, supplemented with additional attributions from Svoronos.
SCOSeleucid Coins Online (Mirror, ANS)Coinage of the Seleucid kings, after the catalogue Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalogue.
BIGRBactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage (Mirror, ANS)Coins of the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kings and queens of Central Asia.
LCOLevantine Coinages Online (Mirror, ANS)Achaemenid and Hellenistic period coin typologies from the southern Levant.
Our Searchable Datasets
Like the ANS databases, our datasets also cover a large number of entries and may contain minor errors. Always cross-reference with other sources, and report any inaccuracies to admin@hoardbase.org.
BMC GreekThe British Museum Catalogue of Greek Coins — all 28 volumes transcribed from the public-domain originals (1873–1927), searchable together or by volume.
SNG Cop.Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Danish National Museum — 24,600+ specimens across the full Copenhagen series and its supplement.
ByzantineByzantine coinage (491–1453 AD), transcribed from David Sear's standard reference catalogue.
ParthianParthian coin types following David Sellwood's typology, with Sunrise/Assar attributions.
HansatsuEdo-period Japanese clan paper money (hansatsu), from the University of Tokyo and British Museum collections, with bilingual search.
Other References
External catalogues and tools we link to from across the site.