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    ANCIENT COINS

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    LACONIA, Sparta

    80-50 BCE

    AR triobol, 2.29 gm

    Obv:  Head of Herakles right

    Rev:  Amphora; to each side, caps of the Dioscuri; all within laurel wreath

    Ref:  BCD Peloponnesos 868; HGC 5 612

     

    Sparta issued very few coins.  Most types are uncommon or scarce; some are extremely rare.