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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Argos |
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| Year | 330 BC - 270 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a wolf advancing to right, depicted in high relief with the head lowered and jaws open, revealing detailed teeth; the forelegs with pronounced claws are prominently rendered in the lower field. The design fills the flan with bold, vigorous modeling characteristic of Argive coinage of the early Hellenistic period. No legend or inscription appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A large central Alpha (A), the civic initial of Argos, dominates the reverse field within a shallow incuse square. The letters Pi (Π) and Rho (Ρ) are positioned above, flanking the Alpha to either side, serving as a magistrate's or ethnic abbreviation. A Heraklean club is depicted to the right below, serving as an additional civic or magistrate symbol. The incuse square border is lightly defined, consistent with hammered Greek coinage of the Peloponnesian tradition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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