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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Buffo Marinus, post: 3209066, member: 82880&quot;]I&#039;m hooked on the wolf myself. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The wife and I visited the Peloponnese region of Greece last May. One of my objectives during the adventure was to find and photograph the various ground orchids and examples of the Araceae family native to the region.</p><p><br /></p><p>While searching for subjects in the area around Mavrommati (not far from the Ancient ruins of Messene) a tiny, round green object caught my attention in an</p><p>erosion patch along side a narrow dirt track. Too busy to examine the item closely at the time, I dropped it into my camera bag for later examination.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&nbsp; completely forgot about the object until I returned home and emptied out the bag. Closer examination and a light clean up showed the object to be a very small bronze coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Further research and an email to Peloponnese coin expert Steve Benner positively ID&#039;d the tiny bronze coin as an &quot;AE Chalkon 400-300BC minted in the ancient city of Argos.&quot; Below are two photos of the reverse and obverse of the coin. What I thought was a bit of bronze disease turned out to be a wolf&#039;s head!</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;bug&quot; had bitten me and I had to have another &quot;Argos wolf.&quot; Here (also below) is the dealer&#039;s image of my latest purchase... a beautiful little Argos AR Hemidrachm.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]832718[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]832719[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]832720[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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