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Triobol
| Issuer | Argos (Argolis) |
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| Year | 330 BC - 270 BC |
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| Value | Triobol (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a wolf in a crouching or lunging posture facing right, rendered in bold high relief with fine anatomical detail characteristic of late Classical Peloponnesian die-cutting. The animal's open jaws, erect ears, and muscular haunches are clearly articulated, conveying a sense of arrested motion. The wolf — the sacred animal of Apollo Lykeios, the principal deity of Argos — serves as the city's primary civic symbol. The design fills the flan with confident, sculptural quality against a smooth, unlettered field. |
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| Mintage | ND (330 BC - 270 BC) |
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Argos maintained one of the more idiosyncratic minting traditions in the Peloponnese, resisting the Aeginetic weight standard long after neighboring states had adopted it. The triobol — half an obol shy of a drachm — served the dense local economy of a city whose agricultural wealth and ceramic production demanded small-denomination silver in steady supply. This period brackets the dissolution of the Macedonian-imposed settlement after Chaeronea through the early Antigonid consolidation, during which Argive civic coinage continued with notable stubbornness.