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In the Spring of 2002, the Hearst Museum completed the documentation and rehousing of its classical coin collection. The Greek and Roman coin collection, with approximately 3,000 items, ca. 600 B.C.-300 A.D, is used extensively in teaching and research. Initially, a database was created which included a physical description of each coin and information such as provenience, minting authority, and mint date. After the database was reviewed and corrected, finding guides in both electronic and hard copy were produced. In this way, one can easily locate and return to proper storage a given coin. At the same time, the collection storage was upgraded to archival standards throughout. The coins were transferred to transparent Mylar envelopes, old labels were updated and replaced and each coin was given a labeled card insert. All were moved to new storage boxes.
Four graduate student researchers, all recommended by curator Andrew Stewart, worked on the project: Isabelle Pafford, an accomplished numismatist, as well as Jessica Nager, Becky Martin and Sandra Gambetti.
Digital photography of the collection is scheduled to begin in December of 2002.
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