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Triobol - Aischylos
| Issuer | Argos (Argolis) |
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| Year | 90 BC - 50 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a wolf displayed in high relief, facing right in a rearing or bay posture, rendered in bold archaic style. The animal's musculature and open jaws are clearly articulated, conveying dynamic movement. The design occupies the central field of the irregularly shaped flan, characteristic of hammered Argive coinage of the late Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse description | Within a shallow incuse square, a large letter Alpha (A) dominates the central field, serving as the initial of Argos. The magistrate's name AIΣXYΛOΣ is inscribed in three lines arranged around the alpha. A thunderbolt device appears below the crossbar of the alpha, a recurring civic symbol on Argive issues of this period. |
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Argos maintained an unusually active silver coinage into the late Hellenistic period, long after many Peloponnesian mints had effectively ceased production or been absorbed into broader Achaean League monetary conventions. The magistrate name Aischylos appearing on this issue places it within a series of civic triobols that served local exchange functions even as Roman administrative pressure reshaped the region's political economy following the destruction of Corinth in 146 BC.
The Peloponnesos reference corpus identifies relatively few dies for named magistrate issues of this period, making individual magistrate attributions useful anchors for die-linkage studies.