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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gary Waddingham, post: 2989831, member: 73648&quot;]Languages are in a constant stat of evolution.&nbsp; To say that one period is the pure form is at worst hubris and at least inaccurate.&nbsp; The form of the letters on Byzantine coins as they change from Latin to Greek are wonderful to watch.&nbsp; I also collect ancient semitic coins and the changes there are even more noticeable.&nbsp; Sometimes something looks punic, sometimes paleo-hebrew sometimes Phoenician and quite often the letters are not all of one narrowly defined chronological period.&nbsp; Regional differences also make an enormous difference.&nbsp; The various romance languages of Europe also change.&nbsp; Even English changed, not all that long ago when, for instance, Lewis and Clark wrote in their journal with unusual spellings because the spellings were not universally agreed on and were in fact changing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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