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Message:: [QUOTE="Milesofwho, post: 3030866, member: 91469"]I regard any European coin as medieval if it is dated after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476, except for Byzantine, which continues with the ancient designation up until the fall of Trezibond in 1461 (Why did I end with Trezibond? It was the last of any states that claimed to be Byzantium, even after Constantinople had been recovered, and its coinage is traditionally grouped with Byzantine coinage). With regard to Asia, the setup is much simpler. I regard anything from the Zhou dynasty to the beginning of the unified Sui dynasty to be ancient. For people who don’t know Chinese history, that’s from 1046 BC to 589 AD, the end date being almost one hundred and ten years after my aforementioned European designation of medieval. Why the hundred year discrepancy? Because in both those specific years momentous territorial changes happened that ultimately changed the culture(s) that the events happened to affect permantly. Some would quickly approach a golden age (China) while some would have to rebuild and relearn (Europe). As a side note, I consider Crusader coins medieval. Also, Byzantium is the bridge between classical and medieval culture, and the heir to classical culture, so it seems nice to put it with the Romans.[/QUOTE]