(1) Department of Mediterranean coins. From Asia Minor, ancient Greek and Roman coins by shape, with the ancient Greek and Roman expansion affected Eurasia, Africa and three continents, eventually became a model for European coin shape, and colonial expansion of European influence through the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia money system. Is characterized by multi-currency plans to ancient Greek and Roman mythology, kings, animals, architecture, religion, ritual tools-based, early and city standard method combination. Currency paper is mainly Greek, Latin, and more abbreviated in currency area. Material mainly silver coins, gold, a small amount of copper. Currency control methods to fight (hammer) system of law, very few silver coins, with bas-relief mold, the image beautifully. (2) Indian currency system. In its long history India has been in the Department of the Mediterranean and Islamic coins currency impact of the Department. It is still independent of the money culture. The impact of currency system in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, China and Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and some of the Indian Ocean island. It is characterized by a strong currency religious figure, not only in India has been the Greek Christian, Zoroastrian Sassanid, Arab Islamic influence, there is a native of Buddhism, Brahmanism, early to mark coins characteristics. Currency paper involves many text types, very complex. Currency copper-based materials, but also silver, gold. (3) the Department of Islamic coins. Islamic currency system is the latest generation of currency system, initially followed the Parthian, Sassanid, Byzantine shape, but since the Umayyad dynasty began to create a unique style. And through the Umayyad dynasty, Abbasid, Fatimid, Ayub king, and so on more than seven centuries of rule, the impact throughout Asia Minor, West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, North Africa and parts of Europe. Feature is canceled portrait currency chart, currency paper currency occupied the whole surface. Arabic alphabet-based, but there are many kinds of text, written in Arabic letters often have different forms, such as the library body of law, capital letter, lower case, identification is more difficult, the Ottoman Empire coins appear king title flower monogram calligraphy set of words, currency paper mainly from the Koran, while a large number of the king's eulogy. Material with gold coins, silver, copper. Currency control methods to fight the system. (4) Department of Oriental coins. Refers to the monetary history of China as the representative of the currency system, including Korea, Japan, and parts of Southeast Asia Annan. Is characterized by a special coin (like a knife coins, cloth currency), long-term use of the money side hole circle shape. Currency Figure few, very few religious content. Small number of coins the body text, but the art of calligraphy is rich content. Currency copper-based material, a small amount of iron, gold, silver precious metal coins in circulation are not widely used. Currency system, mainly casting process, it is called Mint, still in use today, casting coins made of different materials used range, more than one mold, easy to mass production.
Not a bad summary sir but I disagree with Islamic coins being one of the founding types of coins. It is generally recognized there were three areas in which coins originated, the other three you list. Islamic coins are complete cooptations of Sassanid and Byzantine prototypes. Their fabric remained identical to these source coins for centuries. Islam is not a source of ancient coinage. Greek coinage set the style of coinage for all of Europe, north Africa, and the middle east, this style continues to the modern day. China set it for all of the far east, setting the style of coinage for 2500 years. India brought about an amalgam of ideas from these two sources along with their own ideas. All other cultures in history borrowed from these three great coin pioneering areas. CHris
I agree with Chris and particularly object to the use of 'Ancient' when talking about Islamic coins. Certainly Islamic was a major influence in the development of coinage but it did not begin until well after anything properly referred to as 'ancient'. The other three started at more or less the same time without necessarily referring to the others in decisions made as to styles. While they certainly melded into each other at their points of contact until the 'Greek' style finally won out when the last Chinese cash were made about a hundred years ago, the three can be said to be separate and free standing answers to the need for spendable currency. Islamic coinage was a development from he Greek style die struck coins which was made necessary by the religious ban on graven images and not a completely separate and equal source. It was neither old enough nor different enough to gain equal rank. Was this the original work of the poster or is this copied from some source that should have been credited here?
