cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use CANOA data, images or API, please cite this dataset."
type: dataset
title: "CANOA — Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui: open corpus of ancient world coinage"
abstract: >-
  CANOA is an open corpus of ancient world coinage (Greece, Rome, Persia, Carthage,
  Byzantium and other civilizations): coin types with metrology, dating, mints,
  denominations, materials, museum specimens and hoards. Data are available through
  the website, a public JSON API and open exports. Licensing: corpus data - ODbL 1.0,
  code - Apache 2.0, texts and documentation - CC BY 4.0; data from NC/ND sources
  retain their original licences, marked at record level.
authors:
  - family-names: Kulinskii
    given-names: Alexander
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4144-5438"
  - name: "CANOA development team"
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: "10.5281/zenodo.21862108"
    description: "Concept DOI — always resolves to the latest version"
url: "https://canoanumis.org/"
repository-code: "https://github.com/canoa-dev/canoa-skills"
license: ODbL-1.0
license-url: "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/"
keywords:
  - numismatics
  - ancient coinage
  - Roman coins
  - Greek coins
  - Byzantine coins
  - coin hoards
  - open data
  - Linked Open Data
  - museum collections
date-released: "2026-08-09"
version: "v2026.08"