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How Many Ancient Kingdoms does your collection represent?
nicholasz219
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I toyed with adding a poll, but decided against it because I always am silly with them and I think people get rubbed the wrong way, ha.
But really, how many different kingdoms can you represent with your ancient holdings? For the purposes of this thread, let's define ancient as anything from Rome to 476AD and Eastern Roman Empire to any date since the empire there has its roots in antiquity.
I will have to 'go to the boxes' to verify and take pictures but off of the top of my head, I have many Romans, a few Byzantine, Greek, at least two Egyptian Provincials (I am very much for counting Provincials as "assimilated" or "subsumed" kingdoms here) of Nero, a Seleukid or two and a Thracian obol.
LordM and I had discussed the idea of putting together an exhibit of "Kingdoms of the Ancient World" with a map/coin from each Kingdom but after my initial thoughts of the project, my enthusiasm waned when I realized the scope of the project versus my budget. Also, how do you define the terms? What year, what century, do you separate vassal kingdoms from empires, does Parthia count in one century but not the next after the Romans conquered it?
I'm sure the members here could put together quite a representative collection, so let's see those kingdoms!
But really, how many different kingdoms can you represent with your ancient holdings? For the purposes of this thread, let's define ancient as anything from Rome to 476AD and Eastern Roman Empire to any date since the empire there has its roots in antiquity.
I will have to 'go to the boxes' to verify and take pictures but off of the top of my head, I have many Romans, a few Byzantine, Greek, at least two Egyptian Provincials (I am very much for counting Provincials as "assimilated" or "subsumed" kingdoms here) of Nero, a Seleukid or two and a Thracian obol.
LordM and I had discussed the idea of putting together an exhibit of "Kingdoms of the Ancient World" with a map/coin from each Kingdom but after my initial thoughts of the project, my enthusiasm waned when I realized the scope of the project versus my budget. Also, how do you define the terms? What year, what century, do you separate vassal kingdoms from empires, does Parthia count in one century but not the next after the Romans conquered it?
I'm sure the members here could put together quite a representative collection, so let's see those kingdoms!
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In the broad categories, my now modestly sized collection has three assorted Greek pieces, a handful of Roman imperials, and a Byzantine piece.
So I could only claim five or six "kingdoms" in those terms, I guess.
Roman Empire
Macedonian Kingdom
Seleucid Empire
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Kingdom of Pontus
Persian Empire
Kingdom of Sicily (under Agathocles)
Roman Republic
Roman Empire
Tyre Alexander the Great type.
Athens
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Syria - Antioch I don't know if this overlaps Tyre or not)
Syracuse
Sassanian Persia
Byzantine
My totals:
Greek and related city-states (incl. Roman Provincials): 46
Greek and related Kingdoms, Tribes and Federations (incl. Celtic tribes and Roman client states): 25
Rome and Roman Breakaway/Successor states: 5 - or 6, if you count Trebizond (I don't, as I personally put a sharp ancient/mediaeval boundary at 500 AD)
Eastern Empires (India/China): 10
Total ancient coin-issuing entities: 86
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Apparently I have been awarded the DPOTD twice.
World Collection
British Collection
German States Collection
https://player.vimeo.com/video/89394659
I resort to cataloguing by "Issuing Authority" or want of a better term
David
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