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Æ20 - Hadrian ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ
| Issuer | Argos (Achaea) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Hecate triformis standing facing, depicted as a triple-bodied goddess with multiple arms extending outward, each figure holding attributes. The triform arrangement, a hallmark of this chthonic deity's iconography, is rendered symmetrically with the three conjoined figures sharing a common base. The ethnic legend of the Argives appears in the field flanking the central device, affirming the civic identity of this provincial bronze issue. |
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| Mintage | ND (117-138) |
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Argos maintained the right to strike local bronze under Hadrian partly because of the emperor's calculated philhellenism — his founding of the Panhellenion in 131/132 AD made Athens its ceremonial hub, but older Peloponnesian cities like Argos received quiet administrative favor as living symbols of classical antiquity. Local bronze of this type circulated within the city and its immediate territory, functionally invisible beyond the Argolid.