14C036
LACONIA, LACEDAEMON (SPARTA)
AR Hemidrachm (2.62gm)
c. 80s-60s/50s B.C.

Laureate head of Heracles right, bearded / Amphora between caps of Dioscuri, all in wreath. Grunauer VIII, 12, 62 (same dies). Ex Glendining, 25 March 1981, lot 53.

Rare. In its long and glorious history, Sparta was a significant power in Greece. It was not until the Hellenistic period that Sparta began to issue coinage in silver and bronze.

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