PE´LANOR
PE´LANOR (
πέλανορ) is
mentioned by Hesychius (s. v.) as a coin in use at Sparta, equivalent to
four
χαλκοῖ or half an Attic obol. Plutarch
(
Apophtheg. Lacon. p. 903) says that it was an iron coin
of the weight of an Aeginetan mina (20 Troy ounces). These cumbrous coins
seem to have constituted the coinage of Sparta down to the time of Alexander
the Great; at least, no gold, silver, or copper coins of Sparta of an
earlier date than B.C. 310 are extant. (
Brit. Mus. Catalogue of
Coins, Peloponnesus, p. xlvii.)
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