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 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 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 52Argos, AE11. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Large A, club below. BMC 52; Sear GCV 2799.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 unpublished with triskeles rotating left.TextImage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 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 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 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 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 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
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
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 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
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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 #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.ObvRev
Sear #2795Argos, Argolis, AR Hemidrachm. Forepart of wolf left / Large A, triskeles below, all in incuse square.ObvRev
Sear #2796Argos, Argolis, AR Obol. 3rd Century BC. Head of wolf left / Large A and small N-I in upper corners of incuse square.Image
Sear #3015Argos, Achaean League. ca 228 BC. AE19. 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.Image
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
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Argos
Entry for Argolis, Argos on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Argus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum

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