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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1990422, member: 19463&quot;]It is a question with no good answer. Most people consider ancient to be Greek, Roman and the times that they occupied.&nbsp; However, many people interested in ancients include Byzantine which goes until 1453 but few would allow as ancient other civilizations anywhere near that late.&nbsp; Can a coin of France from 600 AD be medieval and a coin of Constantinople of 1453 be ancient?&nbsp; When we go to the East, most of us consider all Sasanians to be ancient but Islamic coins all to be medieval even though the periods overlap greatly.&nbsp; If you must have a date I&#039;ll say ancient is before 500 AD while medieval is 500 to 1500 when things start getting modern fast.&nbsp; Don&#039;t quote those dates without a giant &#039;about&#039; attached realizing that the people who lived then had no idea what era people a thousand years later would insist on assigning to their &#039;today&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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