The
introduction of Moneta: The Roman Imperial Coin
Program in 1999 revolutionized ancient
coin software. Virtually
all other "Roman coin" software is as suitable for collecting matchbooks
or
buttons as Roman coinage, but Moneta is targeted specifically to the
coinage of the Roman
Empire, both from the central Imperial mints and
the provincial mints. The advent of the unique
Numus Moneta font
enabled both Roman and Greek coinages to use the same font. Numus
has
followed the time-proven success of Moneta with a Reference Edition of
Moneta, and a program,
Nomisma, which will revolutionize the collecting
of Byzantine coins is in final stages of preparation.
Numus has very carefully created migration paths from the
Windows 95 version all the way through
to Windows Vista, including the newer
64-bit operating systems. We have a process of continuous
product
improvement, and our free minor upgrades include those changes necessary to
make the
programs run on new Windows operating systems. Currently we
offer both a trial CD and a full
purchase CD, both of which contain the
classic Moneta and the Moneta Reference Edition. When
released, the
Byzantine program, Nomisma, will be added to the CD.
There are no hidden extras at Numus. The price you see
is the price you pay. "Shipping and handling"
is always included,
though for heavy books a surcharge for non-US destinations is stated
next to the price.
Regarding books, our
business is software, but our library is first-rate and we encourage others
to learn,
not only about the coinage, but the lives and times of those
who created and used them. Thus we offer
quite a selection of fine
used books, many, if not most, at the lowest total price on the
internet.
Our selection of classical books, both numismatic and
non-numismatic, can be seen here.
For everything regarding the classic Moneta program, see
here.
For everything
regarding the Moneta Reference
Edition, see
here.
For a look at the soon-to-be-released Nomisma program,
see
here.
Note to Mac
users: All Numus software is intended for the Windows
platform -
it will not run native on a Mac. However, you can
run Windows on OS X using
the BootCamp functionality which allows you to
boot into either Windows or OS X.
Of course the catch is that you have
to buy and install Windows on the Mac.
Another solution that some customers are using is to run Numus
products using Parallels:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/?from=homepage
Parallels
allows you to run Windows sessions from within the Mac OS, so you just boot
up
in OS X and then run Windows programs as desired without closing your Mac
environment
or programs. Both solutions unfortunately require the
purchase of a Windows OS, but Numus
software is backwards
compatible through at least Windows 2000, so an old Windows OS may be used.
We
encourage visitors to join what is the best-moderated ancient coinage discussion
group
available today: Princeps. It's free, on-topic, civil, and
has many of ancient numismatics
most respected names as members.
Details can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Princeps