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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3288382, member: 56859&quot;]Well, you two hit the big ones already <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>How about <b>Sparta</b>... although I don&#039;t have anything from its heyday.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_dc0dae637d354c72ad64bdc28b777833.jpg_srb_p_1000_510_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=919b46eb0031ac00b3d3c19e0a198d71" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>LACONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta)</b></p><p>80-50 BCE</p><p>AR triobol, 2.29 gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right</p><p>Rev: Amphora; to each side, caps of the Dioscuri; all within laurel wreath</p><p>Ref: BCD Peloponnesos 868</p><p><br /></p><p>It might be reasonable to include <b>Olympia</b> in the list.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_0702cab9a1514373b899ff1679ca33f9.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_428,al_c,q_85/ae43f8_0702cab9a1514373b899ff1679ca33f9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ELIS, Olympia. 87th Olympiad, 432 BCE</b></p><p>AR hemidrachm, 16 mm, 2.7 gm</p><p>Obv: eagle, with wings displayed above, flying left, holding hare by its back and tearing at it with his beak</p><p>Rev: thunderbolt, with wings above and volutes below, within circular incuse; to right, A.</p><p>Ref: BCD Olympia -; BCD Peloponnesos -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Traité -; SNG Delepierre -; Pozzi -; Weber -; McClean -. The obverse type, combined with the form of the thunderbolt, with its broad, splayed wings, and the A on the reverse, is most similar to the stater of BCD 50.</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection </i></p><p><i>ex Classical Numismatic Group Mail Bid Sale 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2216</i></p><p><i>ex BCD Collection (not in LHS or Leu sales) </i></p><p><i>ex Spink 90, 16 March 1992, lot 761 (part of)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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