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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7715701, member: 115909&quot;]I’ve seen a lot of Ancient Greek coins on this forum but strangely enough I’ve never seen anyone post a coin of Ancient Sparta.</p><p><br /></p><p>Originally I thought the reason was obvious. I read somewhere that the Spartans discouraged the accumulation of wealth as it was seen as luxurious and unmanly: two things no hypermasculine Spartan man would want to be accused of.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also read that the Spartans specifically used heavy lumps of iron for payments in an attempt to discourage the hoarding of wealth.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then I saw this Spartan tetradrachm and everything I knew about Spartan “coinage” was flipped upside down.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323203[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m curious if anyone here has any coins from Ancient Sparta?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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