Were the Spartans Penniless?
We’ve talked about money on this blog before: specifically how the Romans used bronze coins until they converted to silver in the late third century B.C. The Greeks were way ahead of the Romans, producing silver coins in the mid-sixth century B.C. They were early active traders, while the Romans did not trade in earnest until the time of the Punic Wars.
What about the Spartans? What was their coinage and how did they use money?