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Stater
| Issuer | Argos (Argolis) |
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| Year | 370 BC - 350 BC |
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| Weight | 10.89 g |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ |
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| Mint | Argos |
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Argos occupied an awkward political position in the mid-fourth century, having allied with Thebes against Sparta following Leuctra in 371 BC — a reversal that effectively ended Spartan dominance of the Peloponnese and left Argos briefly relevant again after decades of secondary status. These staters were struck in that window of renewed Argive confidence, funded in part by the redistribution of wealth that followed Spartan defeats at Leuctra and Mantinea.
The Argive weight standard for silver was notably conservative relative to contemporaries, holding close to the old Aeginetan tradition even as Corinthian and Attic standards spread through regional trade networks.