Thread Series Idea: Ancient & Medieval Coins 101

I've been thinking on this for a few months, between threads started by curious newcomers, Augustuscoin's excellent website, and organizing my own meandering collection. I think it would greatly benefit both this board and our hobby as a whole to have a centralized, organized and designated "Start Here!" thread. I am working on a few threads within my own specialty areas, but I think that between all of us, we could probably cover nearly everything.

Any thoughts on this, one way or another? I'm willing to get the ball rolling, but I have a long way to go before I can speak authoritatively on Greek, Persian, Celtic, Islamic, or Medieval coins. Here's roughly what I have in mind so far:

Ancient coins 101
- Most Common types
- I've heard of (historical person). What coins did they make?
- Yes, they are real
- Yes, you can afford them
- How to spot fakes and abusive practices
- Success stories and tales of caution
- Where to get them; where to start

Survey - Coins of the ancient world

Part I - Ancient; 600 BC - 500 AD

Europe/Near East

Greek
- Origins of coinage
- Archaic
- Classical
- Alexander and his successors
- Hellenistic world
- End of Greek dominance
- Roman provincial

Celtic
- Eastern / Greek imitations
- Central / West - Greek, Roman imitations and novel innovations
- Gaul
- Britain
- Iberia
- Later copies of Roman coins

Persian
- Imperial Achaemenid
- Satraps under the Achaemenids
- Parthia
- Persis
- Elymais
- Sassanian
- Others?

Semitic/ Non-Greek
- Phoenicia
- Carthage
- Judaea
- Nabatea
- Himyar
- Others?

Rome
- Early origins
- Republican
- Imperatorial
- Twelve Caesars
- Nerva-Antonine dynasty
- Civil war & Severan dynasty
- Crisis
- Gallic empire, Palmyrene empire
- Tetrarchy
- Constantinian dynasty
- Valentinian/Theodosian dynasties
- End of Rome


India
- Punchmarked coins
- Post-Mauryan
- Indo-Greek & related
- Indo-Scythian
- Indo-Parthian
- Kushan
- Kshatrapas
- Satavahanas
- Kushano-Sassanian
- Kidarite
- Guptas
- Post-Guptas
- Other ancient kingdoms, 600 BC - 550 AD

China
- Knife, Spade, Ant-nose, and other early types
- Ban Liang
- Wang Mang
- Wu Zhu


Part II: Medieval, 500-1500

Europe:
- Gothic tribes / post-Roman
- (Okay, I really need help filling this out!)

Byzantine Empire

Middle East / Muslim world
- Origins of Islamic coinage
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Expanding influence / Civic coppers
- Under the Mongols
- Post-Mongol

Central Asia
- Samarkand/Sogdia
- Chach & other Tamgha-bearing coppers
- Hepthalite Huns
- Nezak Huns
- Alchon Huns
- Other local types
- Bukhar Hudat types
- Turkic Khaganate

India
- Post- Gupta & Hunnic influence
- Tripartite Struggle
- Rajputs & other minor kingdoms
- Early Islamic types
- South India - Minor dynasties
- Chola Empire
- Delhi Sultanate
- Other Sultanates? (I haven't branched out here much)

China
- Tang Dynasty
- Song Dynasties
- Ming dynasty

Other South/SE Asia
- Korea
- Vietnam
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Thailand
- ?

That list is still very much a WIP, but it's a start. I would be curious to know what everyone thinks, and if we could make this a serious endeavor for 2018-2019?