For All The Dog Lovers

I got this one


Argos, Argolis
Coin: Bronze Dichalkon
None - Laureate head of Apollo right.
AXP monogram - Wolf standing right.
Mint: Argolis (2nd Century to 80s B)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.07g / 16mm / -
References:

• BCD Peloponessos 1150

 

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I want one !!!
Since you guys love converting resistance fighters over to the dark side. You all should chip in and mail me a satchel full of misc ancients- dogs, cats, greek owls, horses etc etc. Thanx in advance

 

Very nice addition, JW.

 

One of the facts that I find most interesting about dogs has been proven recently by genetic analysis and research: All domestic dogs that ever lived evolved from one ancestor -- the arctic gray wolf!

Think about this for a minute: the chihuahua, great dane, Irish wolfhound, beagle, border collie, etc., all came from exactly the same distant ancestor. It's mind-boggling.

 

Great posts.
I'm going to wait until friday, an auction ends and I'm after a wolf.

 

I extra-like these coins right now – my wife and I just got our first dog! She's a purebreed Rhodesian Ridgeback named Halo. Once our budget gets back on track, I need to get on of those Argos silvers, and a Odysseus/Argus denarius.

 

Happy b-day!

 

Beautiful dogs @Ardatirion. I'm sure you will love it and it you. I'm not sure there is a dog breed I don't like. I don't think so.
SEXTUS POMPEIUS FOSTLUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS POMPEIA
AR Denarius OBVERSE: Head of "Minerva or Pallas" (personification of Rome) with winged helmet, earrings and necklace, looking to the right.
Below the chin, it is the "X" (although its value then was 16 aces) and behind the bust is a small jar
REVERSE: FOSTuLVS left and Sextus. Pompeius. to the right of the field. She-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus.
Behind Ruminal fig tree is represented with three birds in their branches. On the left, the pastor Faustulus figure in an attitude of admiration for the wonder he sees. ROMA in ex
Struck at Rome 137 BC
3.63g, 19.5mm
Cr235/1a; Syd 461; Pompeia 1

 

I bought this one for the reverse.

 

I just had to offer something a bit different, even if it barely captures the dog/wolf--- so here's a denarius.

Now, I'm sorely missing my sweet border collie (shhh, don't tell the cats).

 

A pack of stylized dogs from my now-dispersed imitations collection:

 

Here's a curly-tailed little pup:

ROME
PB Tessera (18mm, 2.38 g, 12h)
Dog standing right
Poppy
Rostovtsev -; Scholz 994 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
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And a nice portrait of this handsome boy (kind of resembles an Anatolian shepherd? right area!):

IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 2.83 g)
Dog's head right
Blank
Gülbay & Kireç -​

 

don n harp coin


dog in truck pic

 

So, I initially cataloged the first one as a dog, based off the description by Scholz. But Scholz can be a bit... fanciful in his identification on tesserae. For example, there's one piece with Horus as a hawk that he describes as a parrot! Anyway, dog seemed reasonable for me at the time. This post got me wondering, though. It seems like there's one ancient breed of dog that fits the criteria for this canine – namely, curled tail & pointed ears – and that's the Melitan miniature dog.

And yet, I wonder if that pointed tail isn't more porcine. And considering the strong haunches, maybe an attribution of a boar would be more appropriate.

What are your thoughts?


In any case, they're good dogs. https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/775410014383026176?lang=en

 

TRAJAN
AE Quadrans
OBVERSE: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder
REVERSE: She-wolf crouching left, SC in ex.
Struck at Rome, 98-117 AD 2.6g, 16mm
RIC 694, Cohen 340, BMC 1061

 

A rescue dog and with all due respect he rescued me.
Lost most of my loved ones over a two year span.

 

It does somewhat resemble a boar, but I could go either way.

 

Id love to have a coin with a dog on it. I do have a wolf coin, but a dog would be much cuter.

 

Hmm. The body is more stout than most dogs but the legs look longer than a boar. As for the curled tail-- do wild board have curly tails? I'm not sure that they do. There are definitely ancient (and modern ) dogs with curled tails. A dog seems as likely as a boar; maybe more so.

 

That's about the best I could say as well.