Numismatist
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who studies and/or collects coins and/or currencies.
"In comments to Hyperallergic, ancient historian and classical numismatist Liv Yarrow noted the absence of SPQR coins during the period of the Republic and its later use as a means of justifying autocracy while harkening back to an earlier age:"
- 2 a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) wordnet
Example
More examples"But the numismatist has none of those aids which the geologist derives from the order of superposition, and the mineral characters of the rocks in which his fossils are preserved; and, in the case of uninscribed coins, has nothing but the type and its geographical range on which to found any conclusion, unless, as in some rare instances it happens, the coins are associated with others of more certain date."
Etymology
From numismatics + -ist.
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