Argolis Argos Coin Date/Value/Any Infor

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Not really my area of collection, but I'll try an come up with some info for you. Hopefully in the mean time someone will come along that will be able to help.

Sweet coin, its not a type I am particularly familiar with but I like it ^^

Coins like this are hard to date precisely since they are only dated by style not by any date markings...certain marks will be clue to the date but not an exact year. Similar coins have dates from 330-50BC so until you can get an exact identification it hard to tell how early or late within this period yours is.

From others on offer I would be guessing value between $300-400 but that is just a ball park figure.

Nice coin!!
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/gree...argos/t.html

Depending on size and weight your coin is probably a late hemidrachm (~2-2.5gm) of Argos, similar to Sear 2797 (BMC 10) issued somewhat before 146 BC. other denominations are possible.

I do not know why the cataloguers consistently refer to the obverse figure as the "forepart of a wolf," when it seems so obvious that it is meant to be a pun on the name of the city. In the Odyssey, Argos was the name of the faithful dog that greeted Odysseus upon his return home 20 years after the Trojan War.