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Triobol
| Issuer | Argos |
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| Year | 330 BC - 270 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Argos |
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| Additional information |
Argos maintained an unusual degree of monetary independence throughout the Classical and early Hellenistic periods, resisting the broader standardization pressures that pushed most Peloponnesian mints toward Macedonian weight systems. The Argive triobol series belongs to the Aeginetan weight standard — a deliberate commercial choice reflecting Argos's trade orientation toward the Aegean rather than inland Macedonian networks.
BCD Peloponnesos 1092 is documented from the collection of the scholar-collector known as BCD, whose systematic acquisition of Peloponnesian bronzes and silvers remains the defining reference corpus for the region.