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Æ16 - Augustus ΛΑ, ΕΥΡΥΚΛΕ
| Issuer | Sparta (Achaea) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Lysixenidas facing right, rendered in a provincial Greek style with naturalistic modeling of the features. The portrait is set within a plain field on an irregularly shaped flan. The Greek legend ΛΥϹΙΞΕΝΙΔΑ arcs around the effigy, identifying the depicted individual. The coin displays the characteristic fabric of Spartan civic bronze coinage of the Augustan period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A caduceus — the herald's staff of Hermes — depicted upright in the center of the field, with intertwined serpents and winged top, rendered in the compact style typical of provincial Laconian bronzes. The divided Greek legend flanks and surrounds the caduceus, with ΛΑ appearing to one side and ΕΥΡΥΚΛΕ to the other or below, referencing the Laconian magistrate Eurykles. The overall composition is characteristic of the civic coinage issued under the authority of the Spartan dynast C. Julius Eurykles during the reign of Augustus. |
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