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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Argos |
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| Year | 270 BC - 250 BC |
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| Weight | 1.17 g |
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| Obverse description | Wolf at bay striding to the left in an aggressive, crouching posture, rendered in high relief with fine anatomical detail. The animal's head is turned forward, jaws open, conveying a sense of tension characteristic of Argive civic coinage. A circular pellet device, likely representing a shield boss or a celestial symbol, appears in the upper field above the wolf's back. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with hammered production of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Argos maintained an unusually stubborn commitment to its own fractional silver coinage well into the Hellenistic period, long after many neighboring Peloponnesian mints had yielded to the dominance of Macedonian and later Achaean League monetary standards. The trihemiobol — worth three half-obols — filled a specific transactional niche in local markets that larger denominations could not practically serve.
By the mid-third century, Argos was navigating the competing pressures of Macedonian garrison politics and the nascent Achaean League, which would eventually absorb the city in 229 BC.