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| Revue belge de numismatique et de sigillographie | |
|---|---|
| Title | Revue belge de numismatique et de sigillographie |
| Discipline | Numismatics; Sigillography |
| Language | French; Dutch; English |
| Publisher | Société royale de numismatique et de sigillographie de Belgique |
| Country | Belgium |
| History | 19th century–present |
| Frequency | Annual; Semiannual |
Revue belge de numismatique et de sigillographie is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of coins, medals, and seals with emphasis on Belgian and European material. Founded in the 19th century, the journal has functioned as a venue for research by curators, collectors, and academic historians, interacting with institutions such as the Royal Library of Belgium, the Royal Museums of Art and History, and university departments in Brussels and Leuven.
The journal emerged during the same period that produced the Société royale de numismatique et de sigillographie de Belgique, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, and national archival initiatives influenced by figures associated with the Belgian Revolution, the École des Chartes, and the collections of the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire. Early contributors included curators tied to the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique and antiquarians comparable to members of the British Museum and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries the periodical reflected debates linked to exhibitions at the Exposition Universelle (1889), cataloguing practices seen at the Prado Museum, and comparative studies referencing coin hoards discovered near Liège, Namur, and Antwerp.
Articles cover numismatic typology, die studies, hoard reports, metrology, and sigillographic analysis of seals associated with institutions like the House of Burgundy, the House of Habsburg, and the Kingdom of Belgium. The journal publishes catalogues of collections held by the Royal Library of Belgium, the Museum Plantin-Moretus, and municipal museums in Ghent and Bruges, as well as monographic studies on issuers such as Philip the Good, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Leopold II of Belgium. Comparative essays engage with research traditions exemplified by the American Numismatic Society, the Société française de Numismatique, and the Deutsche Numismatische Gesellschaft. Sigillography pieces examine medieval seals from archives like the State Archives of Belgium, episcopal seals from Tournai Cathedral, and papal bulls preserved in the Vatican Apostolic Archive.
The editorial board traditionally combined members of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, university professors from Université libre de Bruxelles and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and curators affiliated with the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (Paris). Publication schedules paralleled practices at the Revue archéologique and the Numismatic Chronicle with peer review instituted according to norms promoted by the International Numismatic Council. The journal’s imprint and distribution have been connected to Belgian learned societies and publishing houses that also issued proceedings for the International Congress of Medieval Studies, the European Numismatic Conference, and regional antiquarian congresses in Brussels.
Noteworthy contributions include hoard studies that recontextualized finds from Dinant, attribution debates regarding coin portraits linked to Margaret of Austria, and die-link analyses comparable to work published in the Revue des études anciennes. Articles have presented primary source transcriptions from charters preserved in the State Archives of Liège, provenance studies tracing medals to collections of the House of Orange-Nassau, and methodological innovations influenced by scholars active at the École Pratique des Hautes Études and the Collège de France. Several essays engaged directly with numismatic debates contemporaneous to exhibitions at the Musée du Cinquantenaire and cataloguing projects at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
The journal has been indexed in catalogues and bibliographies maintained by the Royal Library of Belgium, cited in monographs from publishers in Brussels and Paris, and referenced by curators at the British Museum, the Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid), and the Nationalmuseum (Stockholm). Reviews and reception appear in periodicals affiliated with the International Numismatic Council, the Société des Antiquaires de France, and university presses at Ghent University and Leuven University Press. Its standing in specialist bibliographies places it alongside the Numismatic Chronicle, the American Journal of Numismatics, and the Revue numismatique as a central outlet for research on Belgian and Low Countries material.
The journal maintains close relations with the Société royale de numismatique et de sigillographie de Belgique, the International Numismatic Council, and national groups such as the Société française de Numismatique and the Nederlandse Numismatische Vereniging. Contributors often participate in meetings like the International Numismatic Congress, the European Numismatic Conference, and regional symposia held by the Royal Archaeological Society of Antwerp and the Royal Commission for Monuments and Sites. Collaborative projects have connected the periodical to cataloguing initiatives at the Royal Library of Belgium and research networks funded through Belgian cultural heritage programmes and university grants.
Category:Numismatics journals Category:Belgian academic journals