Æ23 - Hadrian ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ

Argos maintained a mint sporadically through the Imperial period, and issues under Hadrian carry particular weight given his well-documented personal attachment to Greece. He visited the Peloponnese on multiple occasions, was initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries, and extended significant building patronage throughout the region. Whether this coin was struck in connection with one of those visits or simply reflects the civic pride of a city conscious of its Homeric reputation is impossible to say with certainty.

The reference III#342 places this within a sparsely catalogued series; Argive bronzes of this period are encountered far less frequently than issues from Corinth or Athens.