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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 5301123, member: 81887&quot;]For me, it&#039;s more the &quot;meh&quot; factor than &quot;comfort zone&quot;, if comfort zone means ability to ID and understand the coins.&nbsp; I feel, if I really get interested in a collecting area, I will figure out whatever&#039;s necessary to understand the coins, by reading appropriate reference materials and searching illustrated dealers&#039; lists and auctions.&nbsp; With absolutely no offense intended for those who do find these areas fascinating, some areas I just can&#039;t motivate myself to collect in any serious way:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Roman after the Severan dynasty.&nbsp; There&#039;s still interesting (and tolerably well-documented) history after the Severans, but I just am not as attracted to the later coinage.&nbsp; And, honestly, the period of military emperors gets kind of tedious- one guy proclaims himself emperor, rules for about a year without accomplishing anything, gets killed by a rival who rules for a year or two to no effect, lather, rinse, repeat.</p><p>2. (Most) Medieval European.&nbsp; The history and culture of medieval Europe is something I find interesting, that&#039;s not the problem.&nbsp; But most of the coinage is pretty lackluster in both design and in execution (tiny flans, weak strikes, etc.), not just compared to classical standards but judged by contemporary output from the Islamic world.&nbsp; Some exceptions for me are Armenia and Norman Sicily, both areas I hope to expand on in the future.</p><p>3. Classical and Hellenistic Greek.&nbsp; In this case, it&#039;s not so much &quot;meh&quot;- there&#039;s plenty of beauty in Greek coinage that&#039;s not hard to appreciate.&nbsp; But there are just so many different issuing cities, kingdoms, alliances, etc. that it&#039;s hard for me to focus.&nbsp; I&#039;ve picked up a few along the way, and will continue to do so, but mainly because that particular coin happened to grab my eye, not as part of any larger plan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, this is not to say that those coins aren&#039;t worth collecting or studying, just that my money, time, and interest are finite and I choose to focus on different areas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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