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| Issuer | Argos |
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| Year | 270 BC - 250 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse lettering | Θ |
| Reverse description | A large alpha (Α), the initial letter of Argos, dominates the central field within a recessed incuse square, a hallmark of early Peloponnesian silver coinage. A monogram appears in the upper right field, serving as a magistrate's or mint-official's control mark. Below the alpha, an eagle stands to the right atop a harpa (a curved sickle-sword), referencing Argive mythological symbolism associated with Perseus. The incuse square has slightly sunken borders, framing the design elements in the archaic-to-early-Hellenistic tradition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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