Greek Coin Arrangements

The RR series is more complicated when cast bronze is included. I say if a coin (or piece) is in Crawford or T&V, I want it. Of course, I stray to other pieces as well.
The following coin was issued by a city during the 2nd Punic war. The City was under Roman influence at the start of the war and because it sided with Carthage, it never issued coins again.

 

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I have always hate how they organize "greek" as well, but do not have a better solution. One problem is it presupposes a classicists knowledge of ancient geography. The second reason is oddball things like I like get scattered all over the place.

 

I actually like the geographical clockwise system, mediteranean means middle earth in Latin or italian right?, and same in Greek "Mesogeon" (middle earth) looking at things from that perspective going in a circle with straight of Gibraltar as a line in the sand makes sense to me or maybe Im just used to every auction and book being that way for so long! doesnt bother me I guess

 

Ok, so where would Colchis be listed? Armenia? Himyarite? Bactrian? The ancient world they call "greek" was not all on the shores of the mediterranean.

Like I said, I don't have a better solution though. Maybe the solution is technology, giving the reader multiple ways to sort.

 

Some auction houses are now using a greek-east category which is useful