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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3304880, member: 96635&quot;]It was not my plan to get this coin anytime soon in my collection, but the price was very good for such a scarce coin in very good condition, well, a very good strike (especially the obverse), unfortunately it has a quite bad crack.</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ht5dRmx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Lakonia, Lakedaimon (Sparta) triobol (Ca. 90–60/50 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Laureate head of Herakles right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Amphora; caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, Λ-A across central field, A monogram to lower left, MO to lower right; all within wreath.</p><p>1.96g.</p><p><br /></p><p>in B.C. 192, Sparta joined the Achaean League after the defeat of Nabis, it seems to have struck both Federal and autonomous silver coins. The earliest of these small silver issues were hemidrachms dated to circa 191-146 B.C. They were struck while Sparta was a reluctant member of the Achaean League and were made in small quantities using dies engraved in fine style. Somewhat larger issues of hemidrachms and triobols were produced from the 90s through the 50s B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 B.C., the Spartans continued their way of life, and the city became a tourist attraction for the Roman elite who came to observe exotic Spartan customs. According to Byzantine sources, parts of Laconia remained pagan until well into the 10th century A.D. Doric-speaking populations survive today in Tsakonia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t forget to share your coins from Sparta!</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have any idea if the crack could have been created during striking of this coin, or afterwards?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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