Hoarding patterns and monetary circulation in Lacedaemonian territory

The aim of this paper is to discuss coin circulation as it is known through hoard evidence and stray finds in the territory of Lacedaemon from the time of the Diadochi to that of the Achaean War. What type of currency was used and hoarded in the territory of a state with a limited monetary production of its own; what this currency can reveal on the relation of Sparta with foreign powers and especially the Hellenistic monarchies and Rome; and finally, what difference, if any, can one observe in the hoards buried in Lacedaemonian territory with those buried in the territory of the Achaean League during the third century BCE.