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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3146459, member: 19463&quot;]Probably most common but still long after the heyday are AR triobols from the time Sparta was in the Achaean League.&nbsp; Mine came dated 196-146 BC but I have seen similar coins listed as 85 BC which is quite a spread of opinions.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]805271[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The <i>iron</i> spit currency story explains the lack of specimens (they rusted) but I believe the Classic Spartans used the coinage of neighboring allies and subservient cities.&nbsp; If your collection wants a Spartan coin to display next to your Athenian owl, consider using a Sikyon,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]805281[/ATTACH]</p><p>or a Corinth,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]805288[/ATTACH]</p><p>or a Thebes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]805289[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously the best choice would be one of each.&nbsp; Right??? </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to find the true enemy that defeated Athens, you might consider the Plague that struck the city in 430 BC and continued for about 15 years killing much of the population and weakening the remaining efforts against the Spartan allies ending in 405 BC.&nbsp; Experts differ in their opinions on the disease name but the symptoms were recorded by Thucydides who survived it.&nbsp; I do not recommend adding the candidate germs to your collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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