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We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 94.2! Topics in this issue include a report detailing the nine newly discovered silver croeseid coins at Sardis; an epigraphical, archaeological, and legal study looking at the so-called Stele of the Punishments at Epidauros and the circumstances of its creation; and an analysis of group membership and social dynamics at the gymnasion of Delos in the Late Hellenistic period.

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, by Nicholas Cahill, William Bruce, John H. Kroll, Emily B. Frank, Jennifer Kim, Brian Castriota, Ameya Grant, H. Süheyla Şimşek, İzel Güngör, and Yılmaz Selim Erdal, discusses nine silver croeseids that were discovered at Sardis, together with the bones of their owner, in the historic destruction level of 547 BCE, when Cyrus defeated Croesus. All nine are heavily worn, the result of more than 14 years of circulation. This supports Robert Wallace’s argument that Croesus’s reign began in the 580s rather than in 561 BCE. The most significant achievement of Croesus’s monetary reform was the introduction of coinage in pure silver, which enhanced the convenience of small change and was quickly adopted throughout the Greek world. Meticulous conservation of the nine croeseids allowed use wear to be distinguished from postdeposition corrosion. The discovery offers new insights into the origins of the world’s first silver coins.

, by Sebastian Prignitz and Gerhard Thür, discusses the inscription known as the “Stele of the Punishments” together with new archaeological findings in order to explain the case of the architect Perillos, who was sentenced twice for the consequences of inadequate planning of the position of the anterior columns in the one-storied stoa of the Abaton in the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidauros. Dating to ca. 360 BCE, this is the earliest surviving record of an architect’s liability in Classical Greece. A second legal case of ca. 355 BCE, recorded on the same stele and concerning the ivory carver Pasiteles, is also given a thorough juridical and historical presentation. Methodologically, this approach brings together epigraphy, archaeology, and ancient legal history.

, by Matthew P. Evans, examines the importance of group membership in the lives and identities of those who attended and administered the gymnasion of Delos in the Late Hellenistic period, when Athens controlled the island and many foreigners resided there. The evidence of inscriptions suggests that formal and informal groups offered a means of transcending geographical and cultural differences in a way that brought civic relevance and socioeconomic exclusivity to gymnasion users, and a degree of political control to the institution’s Athenian officials. The analysis, conducted from both a bottom-up and a top-down perspective, reveals the gymnasion’s locally specific social dynamics as well as its role in the cultural and political life of the island during a period of considerable change.

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