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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8509065, member: 26430&quot;]You are a person who does not shy away from difficult tasks -- I don&#039;t know what&#039;s easier, collecting Caracalla Sestertii or learning ancient Greek as fully grown adult! I admire the willingness to confront a challenge.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to have a better grasp of ancient languages. As far as modern languages go... Having studied Spanish and French for about 10 years or so (not ever really becoming a fully comfortable speaker) is very helpful in widening the range of numismatic literature available to me. I&#039;ve even surprised myself with how much German I&#039;ve been able to pick up by brute forcing my way through auction catalogs and the occasional article or die study. So I can definitely see learning to be a Latin or Greek reader with some dedication (and with a dictionary or Google translate handy).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t want to go without posting something, so let me try to hit a few themes:</p><p><br /></p><p>Some favorite recently acquired 3rd century Sestertii (sorry, not Severan!):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1505000[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1505001[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some favorite Caracalla AR from my &quot;Barbarians, Captives, and Enemies&quot; on Roman Coins Collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1505002[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1505003[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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