Argos in Argolis, 280-260 BC., Peloponnese, Dichalkon, BMC 106-108.

Argos in Argolis, Peloponnese, ca. 280-260 BC.,
Dichalkon / Æ 17 (17 mm / 3,28 g), bronze, axes irregular alignment ↑-> (ca. 60°),
Obv.: APΓE , head of Hera to right, wearing stephane inscribed APΓE .
Rev.: the Palladion to left (a helmeted and draped statuette of Athena, hurling spear with her right hand and holding shield with her left).
BMC p. 144. 106-108 ; BCD Peloponnesos 1100-1104 ; SNG Cop. 57-58.

Argos (Greek: Ἄργος, Árgos) is a city and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. It is 11 kilometres from Nafplion, which was its historic harbour. A settlement of great antiquity, Argos has been continuously inhabited for the past 7,000 years, making it one of the oldest cities in Greece and Europe. The city is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network. At a strategic location on the fertile plain of Argolis, Argos was a major stronghold during the Mycenaean era. In classical times Argos was a powerful rival of Sparta for dominance over the Peloponnese, but was eventually shunned by other Greek city-states after remaining neutral during the Greco-Persian Wars. Numerous ancient monuments can be found in the city today, the most famous of which is the renowned Heraion of Argos, though agriculture (particularly citrus production) is the mainstay of the local economy. The name Árgos apparently signified an agricultural plain and was applied to several districts in ancient Greece. Historically, the Argolís was the easternmost portion of the Peloponnesian peninsula, and the city of Árgos was its capital. Agamemnon, Diomedes, and other heroes from Argolís’s fertile plain figure prominently in the Iliad of Homer. The present city of Árgos lies about 4 miles (6.5 km) from the gulf below Kástro hill (ancient Lárissa), a site probably occupied since the Early Bronze Age and very prominent in Mycenaean times (c. 1300–1200 BCE). A small market town on the Corinth-Návplion rail line, it is built over much of the site of the Classical city.