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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 6455986, member: 51347&quot;][MEDIA=youtube]0iFBXjRbVl0[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257584[/ATTACH]</p><p>ARGOLIS. Argos. Circa 490-470 BC.</p><p>AR Triobol, 14mm, 2.9g, 12h.</p><p>Obv.: Forepart of wolf lying down right.</p><p>Rev.: Large A; two small incuse squares above, pellet below crossbar; all within shallow square incuse.</p><p>Reference: BCD Peloponnesos 1009.</p><p><i>Ex-Coin Galleries, Ex-BCD</i></p><p><i>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] </i></p><p><i>Comments: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argos" rel="nofollow">Argos</a> is one of the oldest inhabited cities in history. During the classical period, they were a powerful rival of Sparta for dominance over the Peloponnese. The citizens of Argos were also famed for their various festivals and celebrations, pottery and bronze sculpturing schools, tanneries, and manufacturers of fine clothing.</i></p><p><i>This is an EXTREMELY rare variety of early <i>triobol</i>, with the wolf facing right. The vast majority of the early <i>triobols</i> have the wolf facing left. Later issues feature the wolf facing right quite often</i></p><p><i>This coin is ex-BCD, with his tag, which reads “From the Coin Galleries, MBS, Nov. 12, 1986, lot 73</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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