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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3130897, member: 44316&quot;]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 &quot;M&quot; coins of Anastasius, the huge reform facing bust coins of Justinian, and &quot;anonymous bronze&quot; with the bust of Christ but no emperor&#039;s name.&nbsp; 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 &quot;medieval&quot; 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>&quot;Should&quot; every collector know that coins were minted in Gaul, Britain, and the Channel Isles before Caesar?&nbsp; 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 &quot;Channel Isles&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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