Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Argilos |
|---|---|
| Year | 495 BC - 477 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Deep quadripartite incuse square divided by a raised cross into four recessed compartments, each with a rough, granular surface resulting from the punch technique employed at this early period. The incuse design is characteristic of archaic northern Greek coinage and was used as the reverse type throughout the early issues of Argilos, serving both a functional and aesthetic role in the striking process. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (495 BC - 477 BC) |
| Additional information |
Argilos was a Thasian colony on the Strymon River in Thrace, positioned to control trade routes into the silver-rich interior — a geographic advantage that explains why a settlement of its modest size was striking tetradrachms at all. The city later betrayed its Athenian colonists at Amphipolis to Brasidas in 424 BC, an act that effectively ended its independent political significance.
Issues attributable to this mint are rare enough that the Lockett specimen remained a primary reference point for decades.