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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 3309060, member: 96635"]The coin I acquired, and also [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] coin is from after the Achaean League and also a couple of decades after the Roman occupation. I am surprised that at 90-50 BC, Sparta who barely made silver coins in the past was allowed to make autonomous silver coinage under Roman occupation. It would make more sense if victoriati and denarii were used as currency? Or am I thinking wrong in that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you or anyone have any idea why the Romans let the Spartans and also other cities continue to mint silver coinage using Greek standards, rather then let them use/mint victoriati and denarii? Corcyra for example started to mint and use victoriati in 229 BC already.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 3309060, member: 96635"]The coin I acquired, and also [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] coin is from after the Achaean League and also a couple of decades after the Roman occupation. I am surprised that at 90-50 BC, Sparta who barely made silver coins in the past was allowed to make autonomous silver coinage under Roman occupation. It would make more sense if victoriati and denarii were used as currency? Or am I thinking wrong in that. Do you or anyone have any idea why the Romans let the Spartans and also other cities continue to mint silver coinage using Greek standards, rather then let them use/mint victoriati and denarii? Corcyra for example started to mint and use victoriati in 229 BC already.[/QUOTE]
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