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 7, 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.
Moneta
FAQ's
here, for all
else regarding the
classic Moneta
program, see
here.
Moneta Reference
FAQ's here,
for all
else regarding 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