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Hexachalkon
| Issuer | Lakedaimon |
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| Year | 48 BC - 35 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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By the mid-first century BC, Sparta — long stripped of political relevance by Roman reorganization of the Peloponnese — was producing civic bronze coinage largely as a symbol of municipal autonomy rather than economic necessity. The city had been detached from the Achaean League and granted a nominal "free" status by Rome, a condition that permitted local bronze issues while silver remained firmly under Roman control.
The BCD Peloponnesos reference places this among a tightly catalogued group assembled by the collector known as BCD, whose Peloponnesian holdings remain the benchmark for attribution of obscure civic bronzes from this region.