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ID:
834133
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
LACONIA
City:
Lacedaemon (Sparta)
Issuer:
C. Julius Laco
Date Ruled:
2 BC-AD 31
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
As
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
2 BC-AD
Diameter:
19 mm
Weight:
6.82 g
Die Axis:
6 h
Obverse Legend:
[Λ]A
Obverse Description:
Bare head of Herakles right; [Λ]A to right
Reverse Legend:
[EΠI Λ]AK-ΩNOC
Reverse Description:
Jugate heads of the Dioskouroi right; [EΠI Λ]AK-ΩNOC around
Primary Reference:
Grunauer group XXXIII, series 7
Reference2:
BCD Peloponnesos 930 var. (series)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=144995
Grade:
VF, brown patina.
Notes:
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales).The history of Lakonia and its chief city, Lakedaimon (Sparta), were closely interconnected. Sparta was renowned for its military prowess, as well as its austerity, both in lifestyle and in language, so much so that the “Laconic Phrase” was renowned even in Classical times. Settlement in Sparta stretched back to the Mycenean period and, according to Homer, it was ruled by Menelaus and his wife Helen. Beginning in the early Archaic period, two ruling houses, the Agiads and the Eurypontids, ruled Sparta jointly. Under the reforms of the mytho-historical Lykourgos in the early seventh century BC, the Spartan state underwent a significant restructuring along military lines. This new system, designed to build a strong army, required all men to train and live in common. Boys at the age of seven were sent to the agoge, where they received rigorous education and training. The Spartan citizenry was divided into three groups: the free citizens of Sparta; the perioikoi, those who lived outside of the city, free citizens who lacked civic rights; and the heilotes (helots), or slaves, most of whom were Messenian.While the Spartans desired to remain apart from the other Greeks, they nevertheless did leave the Peloponnesus to assist them in their wars. The most famous example of this is the role of the 300 Spartans, under their king Leonidas, at Thermopylai. Also, at Plataiai in 479 BC, it was the Spartan hoplites who forever ended the hope of a Persian conquest. During the rest of the 5th century BC, Spartan competition with Athens for supremacy among the Greeks led to the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), which Sparta ultimately won. The rise of Macedon during the 4th century BC, and its successor kingdoms, weakened the power of Sparta, compelling it to become part of the Achaen League until 146 BC, when it became an ally of Rome.
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