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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2720544, member: 19463&quot;]At some point along the list (whichever you use), you will pass from important people whose existance defined Rome, the empire to people who were at best footnotes in history.&nbsp; There are a few exceptions for one reason or another but most of the second half of names on that list are people many non collecting teachers of ancient history might have trouble identifying.</p><p><br /></p><p>David&#039;s tiers might be a good idea but even if we had 200 tiers we would still run across two facts.&nbsp; In a system of 10 tiers of 20 names each, person 21 will be closer in rarity to person 20 than to person 40 who ill be ranked the same.&nbsp; Super rarities are very hard to count.&nbsp; Domitian II went from the status of one probable fake known to two certainly original coins. A shovel in some UK field could make that number double or be multiplied by a thousand.&nbsp; I know several collectors who have coins they have harbored for over 50 years.&nbsp; Counts based on sales will never account for coins in museum basements and old guys&#039; safe deposit boxes.&nbsp; I would be interested in seeing a proposed 10 tier arrangement (not necessarily having an equal number in each tier) that took into account what one sees more than what is thought to exist. Has anyone attempted such a list?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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