The American Numismatic Society is an organization dedicated to the study of coins, currency, medals, tokens, and related objects from all cultures, past and present. The Society's headquarters in New York City has the foremost research collection and library specialized in numismatics in the United States. These resources are used to support research and education in numismatics, for the benefit of academic specialists, serious collectors, professional numismatists, and the interested public.
The ANS offers numerous educational and outreach programs, events, and lectures for all ages both in the New York metropolitan area and abroad.
The American Numismatic Society continues to develop free digital resources for public use, including various searchable online collections and collaborations with institutions worldwide.
The curatorial department is responsible for the care, organization, and study of one of the largest and most important numismatic collection in the world.
Gilles Bransbourg to step down as Executive Director, the RBW catalog is now at the printer, Ruth Pliego is announced as 2023 Huntington winner, and more!
PRESS RELEASE | The ANS has named Dr. Ruth Pliego as the recipient of the 2023 Archer M. Huntington Award. The award will be presented on June 13, 2024, followed by the Silvia Mani Hurter Memorial Lecture by the honoree: “Archer M. Huntington and the Visigothic Coins: Revisiting the La Capilla Hoard.”
on March 22, with John Janeczek, ANS Member
PRESS RELEASE | Dr. Gilles Bransbourg will be stepping down from his position as Executive Director in September 2024. Dr. Ute Wartenberg Kagan, currently President of the ANS, has agreed to take over the position.
There is one month left to apply for this year’s Summer Seminar, Peter van Alfen is appointed Chairperson of the CCAC, and the 2024 Gala was a great success!
PRESS RELEASE | Peter van Alfen, Chief Curator at the American Numismatic Society, has been appointed the next Chairperson of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee by the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Jesse Kraft attends the ICOMON Conference, RRDP announces its final phase, the Summer Seminar is now accepting applications for 2024, and more!
PRESS RELEASE | RRDP is excited to announce the fourth and final phase that will demonstrate how RRDP informs current scholarship and encourages new research collaborations.
Figure 1. Catuvellauni gold stater depicting horse, chariot wheel, and astral imagery. (ANS 1944.100.78360)
British Celtic coins are perhaps best-known for…
Figure 1. ANS 1969.83.35. Didrachm, RRC 22/1 (265-242 BCE). 6.54g. Gift of E.R. Miles. Control marks: Club/ΘΘ.
Another batch of Roman…
Lucia Carbone, ANS Andrew M. Burnett Associate Curator of Roman Numismatics, will discuss her new two-volume publication Local Coinages…
NUMMI DIGITALI is a project that aims to expand the access to the numismatic collection at the Museum “A….
For the fact that the Romans did not export their own coinage into the Greek world does not mean that…
Certain drachms from the Cretan cities of Gortyna, Phalasarna, and Polyrrhenia were overstruck on Kyrenaika coins. These drachm types,…
Austin Goodwin Andrews
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From the 1853 New York Crystal Palace Industrial Exposition of All Nations through the 1964 New York World’s Fair,…