KINGS OF SPARTA (chronological order) |
BCD 839 | Areus I, King of Lakedaimon (Sparta), Laconia. AR Obol, 0.93 g. 309-265 BC. Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / Club, with handle upwards, between two stars with five rays. BMC 2-3; BCD 839 (this coin). | Text |  |
BCD 840 | Areus I, King of Lakedaimon (Sparta), AR Obol, 0.77 g. 309-265 BC. Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / Club, with handle upwards, between two stars with six rays. BCD 840; Grunauer group II, series 1. | Text |  |
Nomos 1, 77 | Areus I, king of Lakedaimon (Sparta), Laconia, AR tetradrachm, 16.91 g. Ca 267-265 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΡEOΣ, Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, holding eagle and sceptre. H beneath throne, club in exergue. BCD -; Grunauer 1 var; Nomos 1, lot 77. | Text |  |
BMC 1 | Kleomenes III, Kings of Lakedaimon (Sparta). 235-221 BC. AR Tetradrachm, 16.37 g. Diademed head of Kleomenes left / L-A, cult statue of Apollo of Amyclae right, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, holding bow in left; goat standing right at feet, wreath in left field. BMC 1; BCD Pelop. 842; Grunauer III, Series 2, 10.1 (this coin); Jameson 1252 (ditto); Norman Davis 166 (ditto); SNG Lockett 2485. | Text |  |
BMC 1 var | Kleomenes III, Laconia, Kings of Lakedaimon (Sparta), AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 227-222 BC. Diademed head of Kleomenes left / Λ-A, cult statue of Apollo of Amyclae right, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, holding bow in left; goat standing right at feet. BMC 1 var (no wreath); Grunauer Group III, Series I.
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Weber 4141 | Kleomenes III, king of Lakedaimon (Sparta), Laconia, AR tetradrachm, 16.83 g. 235-221 BC. Diademed head of Kleomenes left / Λ-A, cult statue of Apollo of Amyclae right, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, and holding bow in left; stag standing right at foot. BMC 1 var (no wreath); Grunauer III, Series I; Weber 4141. | Text |  |
ANS 1962-140-8 | Nabis, Tyrant of Sparta, AR tetradrachm, 207-192 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ NAΠEOΣ (sic), Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. ΩZ monogram beneath chair. ANS 1962.140.8. | Text |  |
Berlin ZfN 1898, 213 | Nabis, Tyrant of Sparta, AR tetradrachm, 207-192 BC. 30 mm, 16.94 g. Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. / NABIOΣ downwards to right of Herakles, naked, sitting left on a rock which is covered with a lionskin, resting on upright club before him. Λ over star in upper left field, A over star in upper right field, thunderbolt in lower right field. Berlin p. 213 in ZfN 1898. | Text |  |
Montagu 416 | Nabis, Tyrant of Sparta, AR tetradrachm, 207-192 BC. 29.2 mm, 17.04 g. Laureate head of Nabis right. / BAIΛEΩΣ NABIOΣ (sic), Herakles, naked, sitting left on a rock which is covered with a lionskin, resting on upright club before him. Montagu 416 (this coin). | Text |  |
CIVIC ISSUES |
Agora XXVI, 767 | Lakedaimon, Sparta. AE12.5, 1.96g. 223-222 BC. Caps of the Dioskuri each surmounted by a star / Λ-A to left and right of club. Agora N408; Agora XXVI, 767; Grunauer Group VII, a. | Text |  |
BMC 37 | Lakedaemon, Laconia, AE 19, 35-31 BC. Jugate busts of the Dioskuri to right, wearing laureate pilei, stars above their heads / Λ-A across upper fields, Δ-A across lower fields, two amphorae entwined by serpents, all within olive wreath. BMC 37; Grunauer series XV. | Text |  |
BMC 39 | Lakedaimon, Laconia, AE19, 3.45 gr. ca. 35-31 BC. Jugate busts of the Dioskuri to right, wearing laureate pilei / Λ-A across fields, two amphorae, serpent-entwined, ΔE-I below, all within olive wreath. BMC 39; Grunauer XV, 6 var. Kroll 1997, 27. | Text |  |
BMC 54 | Lakedaimon, Laconia, AE27, 14.20 gr. ca. 35-31 BC. Jugate busts of the Dioskuri to right, wearing laureate pilei / ΛA above AΡICTO-KΡATHC in two lines, Π on MA monogram below, all within olive wreath. BMC 54; Grunauer XXI, 2. | Text |  |
Clerk 315 | Achaean League, Lacedaemon (Sparta) AR Hemidrachm. ca 175-168 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios right / AX monogram, Caps of the Dioskuri to left and right, ΛA monogram above, ΘE monogram below, all within wreath. SNG Cop 319.
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Clerk 316 | Achaean League, Lacedaemon (Sparta) AR Hemidrachm. ca 85 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios right / AX monogram, Caps of the Dioskuri to left and right, ΛA monogram above, AYΓ monogram below, all within wreath. BCD 865.2.
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Clerk 319 | Achaean League, Lacedaemon. Circa 85 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios right / AX monogram, Caps of the Dioskouri, surmounted by stars, to left and right; ΛA monogram above, ΩM monogram below, all within wreath. BCD 865.4, SNG Cop 320.
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Clerk 321 | Achaean League, Lacedaemon. Ca 192 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios right / Caps of the Dioskuri to left and right of monogram; I over Λ above, EY below; all within wreath.
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RPC 1101 | Lakedaimon (Sparta), Lakonia. AE20. L. Sempronius Atratinus. Ca 39 BC. ATRATINOC, bare head right / Λ-A ΦI-ΔA, partially ligate across fields, eagle standing right. RPC 1101. Sear, Imperators 607; Grunauer XVI, 9; BCD 900. | Text |  |
RPC 1106 | Lakedaimon (Sparta), Laconia, AE15 Sextans, 1.74 g. ca 16 BC. Bare head of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa right / Λ-A EY-ΡYKΛE in three lines to left and right of caduceus. RPC 1106; BMC 118; BCD 925 (this coin); Grunauer XXIX. | Text |  |
RPC 1110 | Lakedaimon, Laconia, AE20, 8.06 gr. ca. 2 BC–31 AD. C. Julius Laco. Bare, bearded head of Herakles left / Λ-A, EΠI ΛAKΩNOC, Jugate busts of the Dioskuri left, wearing laureate pilei. RPC 1110. | Text |  |
SNG Cop 568ff | Lakedaimon (Sparta), Laconia. Circa 43-33 BC. AE20mm. Male bust right / Eagle standing right; monograms to left and right.
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SNG Cop 592 | Lakedaimon (Sparta), Laconia AE 35mm. Ca 35-31 BC. Jugate heads of the Dioskuri right, each wearing a laureate pileus / Λ-A within laurel wreath. Grunauer Group XX (V2/R5), BMC -, Laffaille 375.
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SNG Cop 597 | Lakedaimon (Sparta), Laconia. ca 35-31 BC. AE25mm. E TIMANΡOC, laureate head of Apollo right / Λ-A, Artemis standing left, leaning on spear held in her left hand, right arm extended, hound at her feet; monograms left and right.
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SNG Cop 603 | Lakedaimon (Sparta), Laconia, ca 31-2 BC. AE23mm. Head of Zeus right / Λ-A EΠI EYΡYKΛEOΣ, legend in four lines to left and right of a club; all within laurel wreath. RPC I 1103, BMC 63. | Text |  |
HADRIAN |
BMC 74 var | Hadrian, AE27 (2 Assaria) of Lakedaimon, Laconia. 10.14 gr. Ca 123-129 AD. KAICAΡ TΡAIA AΔΡIANOC C, laureate, heroic bust right, drapery on left shoulder / ΛAKEΔAIMONΩN in two lines beneath the Dioskuri on horseback galloping right within a surround of small crescents. BCD Peloponnesos 939 var. (bust type); BMC 74 var; Grunauer XXXVII, Series 7. | Text |  |
RPC III 336 | Hadrian, AE21 of Lacedaemon, Laconia. AD 117-138. 7 g. AYTO KAICAΡ TΡAI AΔΡIANOC CEB, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder. / ΛA-KE ΔAI-MO NI-ΩN in three lines to left and right of upright club. BCD 938; Gruenauer 9; Paris 1933; RPC III 336. | Text |  |
| Entry for Lacedaemon on the Digital Historia Numorum |
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