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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 6206335, member: 86498&quot;]My collection is more or less organized the following way.</p><p>The Greek coins are divided into three broad categories The West with would include Italy Sicily Spain Gaul and Carthage. Greece&nbsp; which would include the Balkans and European Russia&nbsp; and the East Asia Minor Syria and the levant. Added to this are subgroups of the Macedonian Kingdoms The Seleukids and the Ptolemies. All are more or less organized chronologically&nbsp; with the Archaic at the front and the Hellenistic in the rear. There are advantages and disadvantages of this system the principle disadvantage is that a mint that I have multiple coins of from different times are scattered throughout the box. But it works for me.</p><p>The Roman coins are organized more or less chronologically, however All the coins of any one Emperor are kept together. The Roman Provincial series is kept separately again more or less in a chronological sequence. This system works reasonably well over all, however my collection is relatively small&nbsp; with just over 600 coins divided more or less evenly between Greek and Roman. At one time I had a lot more coins and there were some more elaborate subdivisions which included &quot;Special Collections&quot; ( Which would have included my collection of Roman denarii and antoninianii from the eastern mints)</p><p>&nbsp; Philip II Antoninianus Antioch 244-249 AD Obv Bust left radiate draped nd cuirassed. Rv. Aequitas standing left. RIC- 3.70 grms 20 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1245868[/ATTACH]This coin moved from one of my special collections back to the main group of Roman Imperial coins. On a side note. While I was collecting these coins I could not help noticing how frequently I ran into the call for Aequitas or equality on this coinage. Coming from Western Canada this appeal does have some resonance for me because I am old enough to remember that for a number of year the cry from out here was &quot;The west want in&quot;&nbsp; Right now with so many divisions we could use some Aequitas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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