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Triobol - Damar...
| Issuer | Argos |
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| Year | 125 BC - 80 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Peloponnesos#1145 5#690 Greek#111 Copenhagen#47-48 |
| Obverse description | Wolf standing left in high relief, the animal rendered in a robust, naturalistic style characteristic of Argive coinage. The wolf's head is turned slightly, with the body shown in profile and the legs extended in a walking pose. The field is plain and unlettered, the flan irregular and slightly convex. The design is boldly struck with strong modeling of the musculature, consistent with the civic coinage tradition of Argos. |
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| Obverse script | None |
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Argos maintained its own silver coinage well into the Roman provincial period, long after many neighboring Peloponnesian mints had effectively ceased independent production. This issue falls within a phase when Achaean League authority was nominally dissolved following Rome's destruction of Corinth in 146 BC, leaving individual poleis to navigate their own monetary arrangements under Roman oversight. The triobol denomination — three obols, half a drachm — had deep roots in Argive practice and continued to serve local exchange needs during this politically ambiguous half-century.