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| Issuer | Sparta (Lacedaemon), Achaea |
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| Year | 138-161 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Antoninus) |
| Reverse description | Bearded Heracles depicted nude, seated left upon a rock, his head turned to the right in a three-quarter view. The hero's muscular figure is rendered in a relaxed posture characteristic of Hellenistic artistic convention. The ethnic legend ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ is distributed in the field around the central type, identifying the civic authority of Sparta as the issuing mint. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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