oa Digital Numismatics from the User Perspective

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Digital Numismatics (hereinafter DN) has become a field characterized by dynamically developing tools and research databases which has created an entirely new research environment. The number of operating products is impressive, and the topic of the user perspective on their actual implementation in the research has become significant. As a result, questions such as the following need to be addressed: how are the new tools changing the workflow? is there a quantifiable added value of the digital environment? is there a threat of data distortion? and how important is the previous professional numismatic experience of the user? This paper aims to present DN from the user perspective based on the experience of both authors with two mints from Thrace, namely Apollonia Pontica and Pautalia. These examples allow observations on Greek and Roman numismatics in a region which is proactively being addressed by multiple digital projects.