New puppy: Lets see those dog coins

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We recently lost our dog Indy. I need to find a nice copy of one of those Argos coins to match this photo of him. Good luck with the new pup!

 

Giving a Shiba a bath is an interesting experience. I recommend getting him or her used to the water gradually. Many of them also have a tendency to run away from home, be careful.

 

Only one dog coin, sadly enough.

ARTEMIS WITH HUNTING DOG:

Faustina Jr., 147-175
Roman provincial AE 8.88 gm; 25.1 mm
Thrace, Augusta Trajana, AD 161-175
Obv: ΦΑVCΤEΙΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: ΑVΓΟVCΤΗC ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗC, Artemis standing right, holding bow, drawing arrow from quiver, hound at her side.
Refs: Moushmov 2982; similar to SGI 1729 and BMC 3.177.1

 

I understand the pain. This is my 3rd dog. My childhood pets, two black labs, meant so much to me that when they died I was devastated. They both went within a six month period of each other.

Still, I like feeling the bond between dog and man once again. It is very special.

 

Hard to beat a picture of a happy boy and his pup. Both look great, btw!


SICILY, Segesta
Circa 440/35-420/16 BC
AR Didrachm. 8.16g, 21.5mm. Hurter, Didrachmenprägung 129 (V39/R73); HGC 2, 1135. O: Hound standing left. R: Head of the nymph Segesta right within linear circle.


THESSALY, Pherai
AR Hemiobol. 0.27g, 8.3mm. THESSALY, Pherai, circa 360s-350s BC. BCD Thessaly II 694; Imhoof-Blumer 1908, p. 93, 277, pl. VI, 38; see also Nomos 4, 1306 corr. O: Head of Ennodia right: R: Φ-E, hunting dog sitting right.
Ex BCD Collection

 

well, i still don't have a dog coin.

here are some more pics of my dogs, our new pup rosie...



need a floor pooped on or a shoe chewed up? this is your go to girl.



here's max, he's 12 now and we recently learned he as a good sense of balance...

 

Yeah, Chippy is all good. Just imagine when you're at the park and he wonders off, and you're calling loudly "come here chippy". I bet there'll be some funny looks, lol.

 

That's really nice, what is it?

 

Segesta, Sicily, AR didrachm, c 412-400 BC, 21mm, 8.59 g, 6h. OBV: Hound advancing right, on the scent; wheat stalk with three grain ears in background; ΣECEΣTAZIB below, between exergual lines / REV: Head of the nymph Segesta right, hair tied in simple ribbon and gathered up into a knot over nape of her neck; EΓE-ΣT-AIOИ around. Hurter, Didrachmenprägung 193a (V60/R108) = Basel 401 = F. Imhoof-Blumer, “Nymphen und Chariten auf griechischen Münzen” in JIAN 11 (1909), 104 (obverse) = Carl Adolph Gottlob von Schachmann, Catalogue raisonné d'une collection de médailles (Liepzig, 1774), p. 55 (this coin); Mildenberg, Kimon 18; HGC 2 1152 (R1); SNG ANS 643 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1186 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 200 (same obverse die); Pozzi 530 = Rhousopoulos 367 (same dies).
Purchased 6 January 2015, Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Triton XVIII, Lot 37.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich.
Ex: Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 13, 8 October 1998, “Basel Art Museum” (from the Athos D. Moretti [1907-1993] Collection, which was exhibited there), Lot 401.
From Schloss Friedenstein (Gotha, Germany) Collection.
Ex: Carl Adolph Gottlob von Schachmann [1725-1789] Collection, Catalogue raisonné d'une collection de médailles, Liepzig, 1774, p. 55.

 

Here I am telling Chippy-san about my new Claudius As and why the coin's historical value is so significant to both Roman history in general, and to Britain in particular.

Chippy pretended to listen, but after 45 seconds he just yawned and and made a straight line for my flip flops so he could chew them some more. I have a feeling Mr. Chippy is not as smart as I thought he was.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

"A boy and his dog"..........that one brings me back. What boy is complete without his trusty companion? I remember mine when I was a lad. She followed me everywhere and we were inseparable for some time.......

Lovely boy and valued canine. They look like they're ready for many an adventure, like much I was.

 

Well here is my only "dog" coin which is an Antonius Pius Denarius and of course the dog is the Wolf as previously seen.

I do have a good dog story though. A couple of weeks ago our dogs went crazy one night and we let them out to see a big dog fox carrying a lamb from an adjacent farm.
The fox was chased by the dogs and dropped the lamb and our Lurcher promptly picked it up and ran in the house with it. The lamb was wet and bedraggled and we thought it was a new born that wouldn't survive the night. We assumed it was dying but in fact it was in shock, we wrapped it in a blanket and my wife managed to feed it some milk. The next morning it had dried out and was clearly a couple of days old. It made a lot of noise and a lot of mess. We were worried that it would "print" on us but we took it back to the field it came from and it ran off with its mother and all is well.
Here is our very aged German Pointer Cross which took a shine to it before it was returned. I might be Welsh but I don't recommend Sheep indoors!
There has to be sheep on ancient coins............( and this is the place to see one!)

 

Welshman and a sheep hmm. Nice coins and cute dogs everyone.

 

You need to start a PUB! "The Lamb and Dawg"! I have only had a couple black sheep. Most of mine had been Oxfords, which rarely have black offspring.

 

Here are my pooches.

Pompeia AR Denarius minted 137 BC. Snoopy the dog.

 

Dafydd => wow, that's a sweet set-up .... I love the cool ol' antique furniture (the rolling bookcase ladder is a sweet touch) and wow, it's pretty hard to beat a sweet ol' hound and a mini-sheep!!



=> that's livin' large, my new coin-friend (I love your style)

 

WHEN I win the lottery and buy myself a small holding, along with the fainting goats and the chickens, I am going to get myself a few of the cutest sheep ever.

http://www.odditycentral.com/animals/the-unbelievably-cute-blacknose-sheep-of-valais.html

I don't have a coin with sheep but I have a goat or two