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Æ26 - Marcus Aurelius ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Argos (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Diameter | 26 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (161-169) |
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Argos was one of the oldest minting cities in the Peloponnese, but by the Antonine period its civic coinage was largely ceremonial — issued to assert municipal prestige rather than meet any practical monetary need. The city leaned heavily on its mythological connections to Hera and the Argive heroes, a calculated appeal to Roman-era Hellenic identity that accelerated under the philhellene Hadrian and continued into Marcus Aurelius's reign.
The Achaea reference IV.1#5256 places this among a tightly catalogued group of Argive bronzes from the 160s. Aurelius's co-emperorship with Lucius Verus, declared immediately upon Antoninus Pius's death in 161, complicates precise dating within this window.