Ancient Coinage of Argolis, Argos


Argos, on the major harbour of the Peloponnese, southern Greece

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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BCD 1009Argos, AR triobol or hemidrachm, Before 421 BC. 2.84 g. Forepart of wolf right, one leg slightly raised / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, dot below. BCD 1009, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
BCD 1017Argos, AR triobol or hemidrachm, Before 421 BC. 3.04 g. Forepart of wolf left, retrograde Σ on neck. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, dot below. BCD 1017.TextImage
BCD 1041Argos, AR obol, Before 421 BC. 0.9 g. Wolf's head right. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, AI below. BCD 1041, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
BCD 1042Argos, AR obol, Before 421 BC. 0.75 g. Wolf's head right. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, Θ below. BCD 1042, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
BCD 1044Argos, AR obol, 350-228 BC. 0.88 g. Wolf's head right. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, Σ-Ω across fields, helmet left below. BCD 1044.TextImage
BCD 1045Argos, AR obol, 350-228 BC. 0.87 g. Wolf's head right. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, A-I across fields, helmet left below. BCD 1045.TextImage
BCD 1066Argos, Argolis, AR stater, 25 mm, 11.99 g. ca 370-350 BC. Head of Hera right, hair flowing down the back of her neck, wearing stephane ornamented with palmettes, earring and pearl necklace / AΡΛEIΩN, Two dolphins swimming left, Corinthian helmet right between E-M in the centre. BCD Peloponnesos (Leu) 1066 (this coin); Traité III, 617.TextImage
BCD 1101Argos, Argolis. Ca 280-260 BC. AE dichalkon. 16mm, 3.17g. Head of Hera right, wearing stephane / Athena Promachos walking left. BCD Peloponnesos 1100-1101; Traité III 632; SNG Copenhagen 57.TextImage
BCD 1124Argos, Argolis, AE17 mm, 2.53 g. Late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. Head of Hera right, wearing ornamented stephan / Pillar fountain; helmet to left, archaic heta to right. BCD Pelop. 1124–1126; Hoover HGC 699.TextImage
BCD 1182Argos, Argolis, AR triobol. Euthykles, magistrate. 17mm. 2.1 gr. Forepart of wolf right / E-Y Θ-Y KΛEOΣ in three lines around large A; owl standing right below, all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1182.TextImage
BMC 1-2Argos, AR drachm, Before 421 BC. 5.66 g. Wolf standing at bay left, its head lowered. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part. BMC 1-2; Weber (DE) 2004; BCD 1003.TextImage
BMC 3Argos, AR triobol or hemidrachm, Before 421 BC. 3.07 g. Forepart of wolf left. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part. BMC 3-4; BCD 1004.TextImage
BMC 5Argos, AR triobol or hemidrachm, Before 421 BC. 2.87 g. Forepart of wolf left. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part. Three dots across fields. BMC 5-6; BCD 1005 (this coin).TextImage
BMC 8Argos, AR triobol or hemidrachm, Before 421 BC. 3.08 g. Forepart of wolf left. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part. Two dots, one above the other, in the centre. BMC 8; BCD 1008; de Luynes 2291.TextImage
BMC 9Argos, AR triobol or hemidrachm, Before 421 BC. 2.65 g. Forepart of wolf left. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, dot below. BMC 9-12; BCD 1018.TextImage
BMC 26Argos, AR obol, Before 421 BC. 0.9 g. Wolf's head right. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, sideways E below. BMC 26; SNG Cop 15; BCD 1039.TextImage
BMC 52Argos, AE11. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Large A, club below. BMC 52; Sear GCV 2799.TextImage
BMC 54Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Forepart of wolf left. / Large A, bipennis below. BMC 54; Mionnet II, 5; Traite II-3, 640g.TextImage
BMC 55Argos, AR Tetrobol. 350-228 BC. 13 mm, 2.5 gr. Forepart of wolf left / Large A with triskeles of crescents rotating right below, all within incuse square. BMC 55; Babelon Traité II-3 638; Paris 18; Mionnet II, 7; BCD Pelopp. (CNG) 2439; BCD Pelopp. (LHS) 1093; Hoover HGC 667.TextImage
BMC 55vArgos, AR Tetrobol. 350-228 BC. Forepart of wolf left / Large A with triskeles of crescents rotating left below, all within incuse square. Var of BMC 55; Babelon Traité II-3 638; Paris 18; Mionnet II, 7; BCD Pelopp. (CNG) 2439; BCD Pelopp. (LHS) 1093; Hoover HGC 667 (direction of triskeles). Poss. unpublished with triskeles rotating left.TextImage
BMC 56Argos, AR triobol, 350-228 BC. 2.71 g. Forepart of wolf left, Δ before. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, Δ-I A-I in two lines across fields, rooster standing right below. BMC 56; Traite III-2, 643; BCD 1049.TextImage
BMC 57Argos, Argolis AR Triobol, 2.54 gr, 15.23mm. 350-228 BC. Forepart of wolf left / A within incuse square, A-Ρ across upper fields, club below. BMC 57; Traité II-3, 639; Sear -.TextImage
BMC 65Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Forepart of wolf right. / Large A, N-I across upper fields. No symbol. BMC 65.TextImage
BMC 67Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR triobol. Forepart of wolf left. / Large A, N-I across upper fields, crescent below. BMC 67; Mionnet II, 17; Traité II-3, 640b.TextImage
BMC 69Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR triobol. Forepart of wolf left. / Large A, N-I across upper fields, ivy leaf below. BMC 69; Mionnet II, 18; Traite II-3, 640c; McClean 6833-6834.TextImage
BMC 72Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR triobol. Forepart of wolf right, ΣI above. / Large A, Π-Ρ across upper fields, club below. BMC 72.TextImage
BMC 73Argos AR Hemidrachm. ca 320s-270s BC. Forepart of wolf left, Σ above / large A in shallow incuse square, Π-Ρ, club below. TextImage
BMC 75Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR triobol. Forepart of wolf left. / Large A, Π-Ρ across upper fields, dolphin left over club below. BMC 75; Mionnet II, 23; Traite II-3, 640i; McClean 6811.TextImage
BMC 81Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR triobol. Forepart of wolf left, theta above. / Large A, ΠYΡ monogram at upper right, eagle right on harpa below. BMC 81; Traite II-3, 642; Sear SG 2795.TextImage
BMC 82Argos, Peloponnesos. AR Triobol (15mm, 2.28 g), c. late 2nd century-80s BC. Forepart of wolf at bay to right / Large A, Φ-A above to left and right, club below. BMC 82; SNG Cop 41var.TextImage
BMC 86Argos, Argolides, Greece, 421 BC. AR Obol, 1.20 gr. Wolf at bay, crouching left, Θ above / Π-Y, Crested Corinthian helmet left. BMC Argolides, 86.TextImage
BMC 91Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR obol. Wolf's head right, ΣI above head. / Large A, N-I across upper fields, no symbol. BMC 91; Traité II-3, 637; Sear SG 2796.TextImage
BMC 92Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR obol. Wolf's head left. / Large A, N-I across upper fields, club below. BMC 92.TextImage
BMC 93Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR obol. Wolf's head right. / Large A, P-R across upper fields, club below. BMC 93; Mionnet II, 20; Traite II-3, 644.TextImage
BMC 95Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR obol. Wolf's head left, Θ above. / Large A, Π-Y across upper fields, thunderbolt below. BMC 95; Traité II-3, 647d.TextImage
BMC 96Argos, AE unit. 350-228 BC. Wolf's head right. / Large A, club below. BMC 96; McClean 6859.TextImage
BMC 99Argos, AE unit. 350-228 BC. Wolf's head left. / Large A, altar below. BMC 99-100; Traité III-2, 654a.TextImage
BMC 101Argos, AE unit. 350-228 BC. Wolf's head left. / Large A, helmet facing below. BMC 101-102; Traité III-2, 654b; Sear SG 2800; McClean 6854-6855.TextImage
BMC 103Argos, AE unit. 350-228 BC. Wolf's head left. / Large A, K-K across upper fields, helmet left below. BMC 103; Traité III-2, 654f; McClean 6856-6857.TextImage
BMC 105Argolis, Argos AE12. 4th Century BC. Head of wolf left / large A, A-Ρ across fields, bucranium below. TextImage
BMC 105vArgolis, Argos AE13. 4th Century BC. Head of wolf left / large A, facing Macedonian helmet below. TextImage
BMC 124Argos, Argolis, AR Triobol, 15 mm, 2.37 g. 85-50 BC. Magistrate Philokles. Forepart of wolf left. / ΦI-ΛO K-Λ H-Σ around Large A in incuse square, vase inscribed with an NE monogram below. BMC 124; De Nanteuil 953 (this coin); Hoover HGC 692; Mionnet II, 30.TextImage
BMC 138AE of Argos, Argolis. 228-146 BC. Wolf's head right / Quiver, to left and right: helmet, wolf's head right and two monograms. BMC Argolis, 138.TextImage
Clerk 139 Achaean League, Argos AR Hemidrachm. 196-146 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / AX monogram, AKT monogram above, wolf head right below. BCD 1131, SNGCop 267. TextImage
Clerk 139•3 Achaean League, Argos AR Hemidrachm. 196-146 BC. Laureate head of Zeus left / AX monogram, AKT monogram above, wolf head right below. Clerk 139/3. TextImage
Clerk 144 Achaian League, Argos AR Hemidrachm. ca 160-146 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / AX monogram, club above; TK monogram to right; all within wreath tied at the top. BCD 1138, SNG Cop 268. TextImage
Clerk 147 Achaian League, Argos AR Hemidrachm. ca 175-168 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / AX monogram, TK monogram aboves, below, harpa right; all within wreath. BCD 1136 (this coin). TextImage
Lambros 6Argos, Argolis, AR Tetartemorion, 5 mm, 0.3 g. ca 500 BC. Large T. / Large A in incuse square divided by a crossbar, dot below. Lambros 6 in ZfN 1875, p. 175; BCD 1014; BMC -; Traité -.TextImage
McClean 6788Argos, AR obol, 350-228 BC. 0.84 g. Wolf's head right. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, Σ-Ω across fields, dot below. McClean 6788; BCD 1043.TextImage
McClean 6799Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR obol. Wolf's head right. / Large A, N-I across upper fields, club below (worn). McClean 6799.TextImage
Mionnet 29 Argolis, Argos AR Hemidrachm. ca 80s-50s BC. Forepart of wolf right / large A in shallow incuse square, Φ-A across fields, HNOΣ below. Mionnet II, 29.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. IV, 2Argos, AR triobol or hemidrachm, Before 421 BC. 3.06 g. Forepart of wolf left, ΣO beneath jaw. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, dot below. Mionnet Supp. IV, 2; BCD 1030.TextImage
SNG Cop 2Argolis - Argos. 468-421 B.C. AR Hemidrachm. Forepart of boar left / Large A in shallow square incuse, dot below. TextImage
SNG Cop 6Argolis, Argos. ca 468-421 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Forepart of wolf left; SO / Large A in shallow incuse square, two deeper incuses above; pellet below. BMC 16. TextImage
SNG Cop 14Argos, AR triobol, Before 421 BC. Forepart of wolf right. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, Π at upper left, lyre below. SNG Cop 14; BCD 1051.TextImage
SNG Cop 29Argolis, Argos AR Tetrobol. After 343 BC. Forepart of wolf left / Large A in shallow incuse square, A-P above, crescent below. TextImage
SNG Cop 31Argolis, Argos, AR hemidrachm, (2.00g) after 343 BC, Forepart of wolf left, O above. / Large Λ, _ E at sides, eagle on harpa right below, all in incuse square. TextImage
SNG Cop 33Argolis, Argos. Circa 343-146 BC. AR Tetrobol. Forepart of wolf left / Large A; N-I above, grapes to right, club below; all within incuse square. Cf. BMC Peloponnesus p. 141, 65. TextImage
SNG Cop 336
Sear SG 3015		Achaean League. Argos. c228 BC. AE 19. Zeus Amarios standing left, holding Nike in right hand, sceptre in left / ACAI-ΩN AΡΓEIΩN, Demeter Panachaea seated left, holding wreath in right hand, sceptre in left; ΦAH-NOΣ above knee. SNG Cop 336, BMC 155.TextImage
SNG Cop 35Argolis, Argos AR Hemidrachm. ca 343-146 BC. Forepart of wolf left / large A, Π-Ρ to sides, dolphin & club left below, all in shallow incuse square. BMC 75. TextImage
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SNG Cop 42Argos, Argolis. Circa 3rd Century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.22 gm). Forepart of wolf left / Large A; I-E-Ρ-Ω-NO-Σ, eagle standing right below. TextImage
SNG Cop 52Argos, Argolis, AR hemidrachm, (2.16g) 3rd century BC, Forepart of wolf right. / Large A, TΡ-Y-Ρ-IO, caps of the Dioscouri below.TextImage
SNG Cop 70vArgolis, Argos. Circa 3rd century BC. AE 15mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod. TextImage
Sear SG 2794Argos, AR Hemidrachm. 3rd century BC. Forepart of wolf left / Large A, Ρ Π above in fields, dolphin and club below, all within incuse square.TextImage
Sear SG 2795
BMC 81		Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR triobol. Forepart of wolf left, theta above. / Large A, ΠYΡ monogram at upper right, eagle right on harpa below. BMC 81; Traite II-3, 642; Sear SG 2795.TextImage
Sear SG 2796
BMC 91		Argos, Argolis, ca 350-228 BC. AR obol. Wolf's head right, ΣI above head. / Large A, N-I across upper fields, no symbol. BMC 91; Traité II-3, 637; Sear SG 2796.Text
Traité II-3, 634Argos, AR triobol, 350-228 BC. Forepart of wolf right. / A within shallow incuse square with two deeper incuses in the upper part, A-I across fields, wreath below. Traité II-3, 634; BCD 1047.TextImage
Traite II-3, 640LArgos, Argolis, ca 125-80 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm, 13mm, 2.44 g. Forepart of wolf right. / Large A; F-A above; eagle standing right on Heta below. Traite II-3, 640L; BCD 1142; HGC 690.TextImage
HADRIAN
BMC 153Hadrian, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. AVT AΔΡIANOC KTICTHC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡΓEIΩN (retrograde) around NE-MEI-A in three lines within wreath of wild celery. BMC 153; BCD 1184; Mionnet Supp IV, 32.TextImage
Grigorova 4Hadrian, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. 12.01 g. AVT AΔΡIANOC KTICTHC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡΓEIΩN, Hexastyle, domed shrine with statue of Herakles standing left within, right foot on the remains of the Nemean lion, right hand on his right knee, left hand on his club. Grigorova 4; BCD 1184.TextImage
Mionnet II, 40Hadrian, AE26 of Argos, Argolis. 12.34 g. AVT AΔΡIANOC KTICTHC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡΓEIΩN, Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos (or bunch of grapes?) and thyrsos. BCD 1186.2; Mionnet II, 40.TextImage
SABINA
Mionnet Supp 4, 41Sabina, AE22 of Argos, Argolis. CABEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / AΡΓEIΩN, Hekate Triformis, holding various objects. BCD 1187; Mionnet Supp. IV, 41; SNG Cop 88.TextImage
ANTINOUS
Mionnet Supp. 4, 40Antinous, AE18 of Argos, Argolis. 6.81 g, AD 134. ..ANTINOON, bare-headed, draped bust right / AΡΓEIΩN, Ares standing right, holding spear and shield. Mionnet Supp. 4, 40; BCD 1188; Blum 11.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
BCD 1191Antoninus Pius, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. 8.40 g. AYT ANTωNEINOC EYCE, laureate head right / EΡAC within wreath. BCD 1191; Mionnet -; BMC -.TextImage
Grigorova 7Antoninus Pius, AE23 of Argos, Argolis. 7.76 g. AYT ANTΩNEINOC EYCEB, laureate head right / AΡΓEIΩN, circular, hexastyle temple or shrine with statue within. Grigorova 7; Imhoof, Pausanias GG, VI; RPC temp 5251; Price & Trell 45.TextImage
Grigorova 15Antoninus Pius, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. 8.40 g. AYT ANTωNEINOC EYCE, laureate head right / AΡΓEIΩN, city gate with central arch and a two-storey arcade on each side with a statue on the upper floor of each. BCD 1192; Grigorova 15-16; Mionnet -; BMC -.TextImage
Mionnet Supp 4, 47Antoninus Pius, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. AYT ANTωNEINOC EYCEBHC, laureate head right / AΡΓEIΩN, Hera, turreted, seated left, holding pomegranate and sceptre. BCD 1190; Mionnet Supp. IV, 47; BMC 155-156 var (obv legend).TextImage
Mionnet Supp. 4, 53Antoninus Pius, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. AYT ANTωNEINOC EYCEBH, laureate head right / AΡΓEIΩN, Diomedes standing left, head to right, holding grain-ears in right hand and Palladium in left. BCD 1189; Mionnet Supp. IV, 53.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
BCD 1193Marcus Aurelius, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. (from top right) AYΡ OYH M ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡΓEIΩN, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre. BCD 1193.TextImage
LUCIUS VERUS
BCD 1194Lucius Verus, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. 10.02 g. (from top right), Λ AYΡHΛIOC OYHΡOC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae. BCD 1194; RPC online 8404.TextImage
BCD 1196Lucius Verus, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Hero standing right, fighting a serpent upright on the body of the infant Archemoros-Opheltes; on the right Hypsiplye fleeing right. BCD 1196; Svoronos 2125 in JIAN 14 (1912).TextImage
BMC 161Lucius Verus, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. OYHΡOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Perseus standing left, looking right, holding head of the Medusa in his right hand and harpa in his left. BCD 1197; BMC 161; Mionnet Supp. IV, 66.TextImage
Grigorova 18Lucius Verus, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. 11.67 g. AYΡHΛIOC AYΓOYC.., bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, City gate with a two-storey arcade on each side, statue of the emperor on the roof, statue in each upper storey archway. BCD 1195; Grigorova 18; Margritis Inedite 70 in RN 1875.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. 4, 59Lucius Verus, AE27 of Argos, Argolis. OYHΡOC AYΓOYC.. laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Zeus seated left, bare to waist, holding patera and sceptre. BCD 1198; Mionnet Supp. IV, 59.TextImage
Mionnet Supp 4, 61Lucius Verus, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. AD 161-169. OYHΡOC AYΓOYCOC (sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Poet seated left, holding scroll. Mionnet Supp. IV, 61: Paris 137; SNG Cop 92; Vienna 14277.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
BCD 1200Septimius Severus, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. AD 193-211. K CE..CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡT, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera? and sceptre. BCD 1200.TextImage
BCD 1205Septimius Severus, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. AY KAI CEBHΡOC ΠEΡ EY, laureate head right / AΡΓIEΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. BCD 1205.TextImage
BCD 1206Septimius Severus, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. Laureate head right / AΡΓIEΩN, Deity standing left, holding patera and sceptre. BCD 1206; Imhoof, Pausanias GG-IV.TextImage
BCD 1212Septimius Severus, AE23 of Argos, Argolis. AY KAI CEΠ CEBHΡOC.., Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Ares standing left, holding branch, left hand on his hip. BCD 1212; Nemea III, 1819.TextImage
BMC 167Septimius Severus, AE23 of Argos, Argolis. AD 193-211. AY KAI CEΠT CEYHΡOC, laureate head right / AΡΓIEΩN, Perseus standing right, looking left, holding head of the Medusa in his right hand and harpa in his left. BMC 167; Cadalvene 6; BCD 1201; Mionnet Supp IV, 86.TextImage
Grigorova 20Septimius Severus, AE23 of Argos, Argolis. AD 193-211. AY KAI CEΠ CEYHΡOC or similar, laureate head right / AΡΓIEΩN, Two-storey tetrastyle shrine with statue of Herakles on a base within. BCD 1202; Grigorova 20 (this coin); Mabbott 976; Mionnet Supp. IV, 91.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. IV, 74Septimius Severus, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. AY KA CEBHΡOC ΠEΡ EYC, laureate head right / AΡΓIEΩN, Zeus standing left, looking right, holding sceptre, eagle at foot right. BCD 1207; Mionnet Supp. IV, 74; Imhoof Pausanias K XXVIII.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. IV, 79Septimius Severus, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. Laureate head right / AΡΓIEΩN, Nemesis standing left on a base, holding wheel, left hand raised to her head. BCD 1211; Imhoof, Pausanias L,LIII; Mionnet Supp. IV, 79.TextImage
Mionnet Supp 4, 88Septimius Severus, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. AD 193-211. AYT K Λ CEΠT CEBHΡOC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Winged head of Perseus right. BCD 1203; Mionnet Supp. IV, 88; Arigoni 236.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. IV, 94Septimius Severus, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. AY KAIC Λ CE C M A CEBHΡOC, laureate head right / AΡΓIEΩN, Ares standing right, holding branch and resting right hand on shield. BCD 1208; Imhoof, Pausanias L-L, Mionnet Supp. IV, 94.TextImage
Pozzi 4261Septimius Severus, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. AD 193-211. 10.40 g. AY KAI CEBHΡOC ΠEΡ EYC, laureate head right / AΡΓIEΩN, Nemesis standing right, holding wheel in her left hand and raising right hand to her head. BCD 1204; Pozzi 4261 (this coin).TextImage
SNG Fitz 3820Septimius Severus, AE23 of Argos, Argolis. AY KAI CEBHΡ(OC ΠEΡ EYC), laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / HΡA-IA in two lines over palm branch, all within wreath. BCD 1209; SNG Fitz. 3820; Leake, Europe III addenda, 1.TextImage
Solidus 9, 318Septimius Severus AE25 of Argos, Argolis. AD 193-211. 9.11 g. Laureate, bare-chested, heroic bust left, holding spear and shield / AΡΓEIΩN, emperor on horseback galloping left, wielding spear, shield and kneeling foe before the horse. Unpublished. Solidus 9, 318.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
BCD 1213Julia Domna, AE25 of Argos, Argolis. AD 198-208. Draped bust right with cornucopiae at her shoulder / AΡΓIEΩN, Hypsipyle kneeling right before huge serpent, coiled to left, with the infant Archemoros in its coils. BCD 1213; BMC 169 var (Hypsipyle running right).TextImage
BCD 1215Julia Domna, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. AD 198-208. 2 Assaria. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEB, draped bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. BCD 1215; Imhoof Pausanias K,XLVII.TextImage
Mionnet Supp IV, 103Julia Domna, AE23 of Argos, Argolis. AD 198-205. 6.46 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right / AΡΓEΩN, Asklepios seated left, holding sceptre, serpent rising before him. Mionnet Supp. IV, 103; BCD Pelop. 1215; Imhoof Pausanias 24.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. IV, 104Julia Domna, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. AD 198-208. 2 Assaria. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Demeter standing, holding corn-ears and poppies in each hand. Mionnet Supp IV 104; BCD 1214; Imhoof Pausanias K,XXXIX.TextImage
CARACALLA
Agora 787Caracalla, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. AVT K..M ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Leto standing facing, head to left, raising her right arm and holding her left over small figure of Chloris standing left on her right. BCD 1216; Agora 787; Imhoof Pausanias K, XXXVII.TextImage
BCD 1218.1Caracalla, AE 25, 2 Assaria of Argos, 198-217 AD. 10.01 gr. Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡΓEIΩN, Male figure, naked, standing left, holding long sceptre and parazonium (Perseus?). BCD 1218.1.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. IV, 109Caracalla, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. AD 198-208. AYT KAIK ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Agonistic table on which are a wreath, a jug and an eagle, shield and palm-branch below. BCD 1217; Nemea III, 1826; Mionnet Supp. IV, 109.TextImage
GETA
BCD 1218-5Geta as Caesar. AE17 of Argos, Argolis. 198-209 AD. Hemiassarion, 3.10 gr. CEΠ (T ΓETAC K), bare head right / AΡΓEIΩN, Hekate triformis standing facing. BCD Peloponnesos 1218.5.TextImage
GALLIENUS
BCD 1220Gallienus, AE22 of Argos, Argolis. 7.12 g. AD 253-268. ΠO ΛIKI ΓAΛΛIHNON, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Zeus standing left, looking right, holding sceptre. I-A (10 Assaria) across fields. BCD 1220. (Smaller module of SNG Cop 108).TextImage
SNG Cop 108Gallienus, AE26 of Argos, Argolis. 9.52 g. AD 253-268. Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNON, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Zeus standing left, looking right, holding sceptre. I-A (10 Assaria) across fields. SNG Cop 108; BCD 1219.TextImage
SALONINA
Mionnet Supp IV, 127Salonina, AE24 of Argos, Argolis. 8.66 g. AD 260-266. 7 Assaria. COΡ CAΛΩNINA, draped bust right / AΡΓIEΩN, Peacock walking right, head turned left, Z in upper left field. BCD 1221; Mionnet Supp. IV, 127; Imhoof Pausanias 7; BMC 177 var (position of fieldmark).TextImage
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