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Æ26 - Hadrian ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ (or -ωΝ)
| Issuer | Sparta (Achaea) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (117-138) |
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Sparta's civic bronze coinage under Hadrian reflects the city's peculiar relationship with the emperor, who visited the Peloponnese and was made an honorary citizen — a gesture the Spartans extended to very few outsiders. The ethnic legend ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ asserts the city's ancient identity at a moment when Hadrian was actively reshaping Greek civic culture through his Panhellenion, the league he founded in Athens in 131/132 AD to unite Greek cities under Roman patronage. Sparta joined, but on its own terms.
The spelling variant -ωΝ in the ethnic is a known die inconsistency across this series rather than a distinct issue.