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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3272550, member: 19463&quot;]While I agree there will always be a problem with the definition of &#039;Greek&#039;.&nbsp; I consider it obvious that the word as it applies to ancient coins should include many places not inside the borders of the modern country called Greece.&nbsp; Some/most will include any coins with legends in Greek.&nbsp; I have heard a definition as any land invited to participate in the Olympics.&nbsp; The question of when to end &#039;Greek&#039; and begin &#039;Provincial&#039; is made difficult by the semi/quasi-autonomous coins including some that don&#039;t seem to have changed a lot when Rome took over that particular region.&nbsp; Do you know when Rhodes stopped being &#039;free&#039;?&nbsp; Same question can be asked for any other city.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then we have the matter of smaller regions which had their own king who certainly was to a degree dependent on Rome for his authority: When do the coins of the Bosporous kingdom start being Roman?&nbsp; Who can even name the authorities about whom we could ask that question?&nbsp; How do we handle the Parthian coins that include tetradrachms from the Greek influence, kings who were &#039;installed&#039; by Rome and periods they were the flat out enemies of Rome? </p><p><br /></p><p>When I was first starting to collect, I was told that the definition of Greek coins was the part left after you dealt with the Romans.&nbsp; I hope we all know it is not all that simple.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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