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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 22800980, member: 10461"]Here’s another slippery matter of numismatic nomenclature. <i>Generally</i> speaking, most people consider coins struck during the first five centuries AD to be “ancient”, while coins struck later than that (up until the 1500s or 1600s or so) are <i>usually</i> considered to be “medieval”.</p><p><br /></p><p>But Byzantine coins are all generally considered to be “ancient”, despite the fact that they were struck after 476 AD and on up until the fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD, which is practically the Renaissance period and almost at the threshold of the “early modern” era!</p><p><br /></p><p>So my 7th century English sceatta could arguably be called “early medieval”, while a Byzantine coin struck centuries after that might still be called “ancient”!</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is, sometimes the often-vague terminology gets a bit muddled. And confusing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 22800980, member: 10461"]Here’s another slippery matter of numismatic nomenclature. [I]Generally[/I] speaking, most people consider coins struck during the first five centuries AD to be “ancient”, while coins struck later than that (up until the 1500s or 1600s or so) are [I]usually[/I] considered to be “medieval”. But Byzantine coins are all generally considered to be “ancient”, despite the fact that they were struck after 476 AD and on up until the fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD, which is practically the Renaissance period and almost at the threshold of the “early modern” era! So my 7th century English sceatta could arguably be called “early medieval”, while a Byzantine coin struck centuries after that might still be called “ancient”! The point is, sometimes the often-vague terminology gets a bit muddled. And confusing.[/QUOTE]
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