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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3130897, member: 44316"]To me, Indian and Chinese coinage are in a different area. Books on ancient coins and sale catalogs demonstate that scholars and (most) collectors have for a hundred years decided they do not belong with Greek and Roman coins. I would exclude them from the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, most sales with ancients have Byzantine coins, which I consider belong to the (western) ancient world. Everyone should know about the reform "M" coins of Anastasius, the huge reform facing bust coins of Justinian, and "anonymous bronze" with the bust of Christ but no emperor's name. I do not intend to make a list (which would certainly include a solidus) of Byzantine coins here, but I note that Byzantine coins are regularly treated alongside ancient coins, even though some coins of earlier dates (say some "medieval" Anglo-Saxon silver) are not.</p><p><br /></p><p>If one starts with a number of coins, say 200, then it becomes a question of proportions between various areas (early Greek, Hellenic, Parthian, Sasanian, Jewish, British, Gallic, Roman Republican, 12 Caesars, later Roman, late Roman, Byzantine, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Should" every collector know that coins were minted in Gaul, Britain, and the Channel Isles before Caesar? If so, this type is one of the most common because of several large hoards having been discovered:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]798542[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>24-21 mm.</p><p>Amorican -- Channel Isles, often dated to 75-50 BC. Coriosolatae tribe (which was located on the coast of France and the channel isles opposite central-south Britain).</p><p>Minted by Viridovix of the Unelli during the early months of 56 BC, according to John Hooker. These are associated with the famous Gallic Wars of Julius Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>De la Tour 6598. Similar to Sear <i>Greek</i> 110 "Channel Isles"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3130897, member: 44316"]To me, Indian and Chinese coinage are in a different area. Books on ancient coins and sale catalogs demonstate that scholars and (most) collectors have for a hundred years decided they do not belong with Greek and Roman coins. I would exclude them from the book. On the other hand, most sales with ancients have Byzantine coins, which I consider belong to the (western) ancient world. Everyone should know about the reform "M" coins of Anastasius, the huge reform facing bust coins of Justinian, and "anonymous bronze" with the bust of Christ but no emperor's name. I do not intend to make a list (which would certainly include a solidus) of Byzantine coins here, but I note that Byzantine coins are regularly treated alongside ancient coins, even though some coins of earlier dates (say some "medieval" Anglo-Saxon silver) are not. If one starts with a number of coins, say 200, then it becomes a question of proportions between various areas (early Greek, Hellenic, Parthian, Sasanian, Jewish, British, Gallic, Roman Republican, 12 Caesars, later Roman, late Roman, Byzantine, etc. "Should" every collector know that coins were minted in Gaul, Britain, and the Channel Isles before Caesar? If so, this type is one of the most common because of several large hoards having been discovered: [ATTACH=full]798542[/ATTACH] 24-21 mm. Amorican -- Channel Isles, often dated to 75-50 BC. Coriosolatae tribe (which was located on the coast of France and the channel isles opposite central-south Britain). Minted by Viridovix of the Unelli during the early months of 56 BC, according to John Hooker. These are associated with the famous Gallic Wars of Julius Caesar. De la Tour 6598. Similar to Sear [I]Greek[/I] 110 "Channel Isles"[/QUOTE]
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