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Æ24 - Antoninus Pius ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ
| Issuer | Argos (Achaea) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Argos struck bronze coinage under Antoninus Pius during a period of active Hadrianic and Antonine investment in Peloponnesian civic infrastructure — the emperor's reign saw sustained philhellenism translated into real building programs across Achaea. Local bronze issues like this one functioned within a regional economy still structured around the old poleis, even as Roman administrative frameworks tightened around them. The Argive mint was never prolific, and civic bronzes from this city in the Antonine period remain genuinely scarce in the numismatic record.