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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bernard55, post: 5248910, member: 114733&quot;]I have another novice question.&nbsp; Where do I read about the taxonomy used to categorize ancients? </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m so used to something simple such as: </p><blockquote><ul> <li>Region (USA, Germany...)</li> <li>Type (Cents, Nickel, Dime, Quarter, Dollar..) </li> <li>Series (Flying Eagle Cent, Barber quarter..)</li> <li>Year (1898..)</li> <li>Mint (Philadelphia, San Francisco...)</li> <li>Rating (MS 62 etc..)</li> </ul></blockquote><p>but when it comes to ancients, I see people referencing text such as: </p><p>&quot;HGC 6, 1457&quot; --is this similar to KM numbers?</p><p><br /></p><p>When I look at sites such as <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/</a> I see that they categorize most Roman coins by who was in power:</p><blockquote><ul> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; Roman Republic&nbsp; before 150 B.C. </li> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; Roman Republic&nbsp; 150-100 B.C. </li> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; Roman Republic&nbsp; 99-50 B.C. </li> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; Roman Republic&nbsp; after 50 B.C. </li> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; The Twelve Caesars&nbsp; Augustus </li> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; The Twelve Caesars&nbsp; Livia </li> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; The Twelve Caesars&nbsp; Tiberius </li> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; The Twelve Caesars&nbsp; Caligula </li> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; The Twelve Caesars&nbsp; Claudius </li> <li>Roman Coins&nbsp; The Twelve Caesars&nbsp; Nero </li> </ul></blockquote><p>and it seems from a Greek perspective they go by geography:</p><blockquote><ul> <li>Greek Coins&nbsp; Greece Peloponnesos </li> <li>Greek Coins&nbsp; Greece Crete </li> <li>Greek Coins&nbsp; Greece Other Greece</li> <li>Greek Coins&nbsp; Macedonia Macedonian Kings </li> <li>Greek Coins&nbsp; Macedonia Koinon of Macedonia</li> <li>Greek Coins&nbsp; Macedonia Amphipolis </li> </ul></blockquote><p><b>My Question:</b> what is the appropriate way that the taxonomy is suppose to work according to the numismatic experts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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