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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1308704, member: 19463&quot;]I agree with Chris and particularly object to the use of &#039;Ancient&#039; when talking about Islamic coins.&nbsp; Certainly Islamic was a major influence in the development of coinage but it did not begin until well after anything properly referred to as &#039;ancient&#039;.&nbsp; The other three started at more or less the same time without necessarily referring to the others in decisions made as to styles.&nbsp; While they certainly melded into each other at their points of contact until the &#039;Greek&#039; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; It was neither old enough nor different enough to gain equal rank.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was this the original work of the poster or is this copied from some source that should have been credited here?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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