Areus I of Sparta Lacedaemon Grunauer 1978 gruppe_I, Silver, struck at Lacedaemon, 267–265 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion's skin. Reverse: zeus seated on a throne, holding an eagle and a sceptre zeus assis sur un. Weight about g.
| mint | Lacedaemon | weight | g (0) |
| ruler | Areus I of Sparta | diameter | ⌀ (0) |
| denomination | — | axis | ↕ (0) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Heracles wearing a lion's skin
reverse
Zeus seated on a throne, holding an eagle and a sceptre Zeus assis sur un
specimens (1)
BnF (IRIS)
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Areus I of Sparta Lacedaemon Grunauer 1978 gruppe_I (areus_i_lacedaimon.lacedaemon.grunauer_1978.gruppe_i), 267–265 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/areus-i-of-sparta-lacedaemon-grunauer-1978-gruppe_i/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA