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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1559880, member: 19463&quot;]I have to admit that I do believe those collecting Greek coins should learn the Greek alphabet.&nbsp; In particular, they need to become familiar with the letters that are not the same as in English or Latin.&nbsp;&nbsp; For reading coins there is little need to learn the lower case letters since the idea that cases were needed came after the ancient period was over.&nbsp; You also can skip pronunciation guides and realize that between 600 BC and 1500 AD a lot of things changed.&nbsp; There are a few archaic letters that dropped out along the way and you will pick up some of them when you get a coin bearing one.&nbsp; Greek really is not that hard if you stop with coins.&nbsp; Reading some of the poets is a different matter.&nbsp;&nbsp; The following might help:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.snible.org/coins/alphabet.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.snible.org/coins/alphabet.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.snible.org/coins/alphabet.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.snible.org/coins/alphabet.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.snible.org/coins/alphabet.html" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=greek%20alphabet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=greek%20alphabet" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=greek%20alphabet</a></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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