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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 8167353, member: 44210&quot;]From the poll, for me it’s Greek, Roman, Byzantine, ancient barbarian, and Islamic.</p><p><br /></p><p>With Roman, I only collect Imperial (with a strong emphasis on late Roman), and provincial; not Republican as I don’t really find the overall history as interesting (although I do have 1 nice RR denarius and a small aes rude). And with Byzantine, it’s the earlier stuff (late 5th to around 9th century) I seek out and buy. As far as Greek goes I go for anything nice/interesting that is 3rd century BC or older. My exception for this is my Ptolemaics and Seleucids of which I collect from the whole lifespan of their kingdoms. With ancient barbarians I focus on the late- and post-Roman Germanic peoples/kingdoms; no interest in the Celts and their coinage. And regarding Islamic, I mostly gravitate towards the coinage from the earlier caliphates (Umayyad, Abbasid, Spanish Umayyads/Cordoba caliphate, etc.), but am hoping to eventually acquire more from around the time of the early Crusades and Saladin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I am interested in Carolingian coinage as well, I was not sure if for the poll they’d fall under the ancient barbarian or medieval Europe categories so I counted them in the former as they are Franks. </p><p><br /></p><p>My collecting habits greatly depend on my interest in the history and culture of that particular kingdom, empire, region, group, etc. If the coin is very nice aesthetically but I am not interested in its background/history then I won’t buy it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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