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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 7822794, member: 116882&quot;][USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER] Excellent Segesta didrachm!</p><p>The hound is a&nbsp; cirneco dell&#039;etna, a hunting dog from western Sicily.&nbsp; Apparently, the name is derived from a combination of Cyrenaica and Mt. Etna. Traditonally, thought to have originated in North Africa and brought to Sicily by Punic traders. Here is a drawing from the AKC site:</p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwNNkGYlmha9EnLSTseOo4mI-M4Ngj3pAv7w&amp;usqp=CAU" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here is my favorite Sicilian coin with a cirneco dell&#039;etna:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1344371[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sicily, Panormos</p><p>AR didrachm 425-410 BC 8.44 gm</p><p>O: cirneco dell&#039;etna standing right, sniffing ground; female head right above</p><p>R:&nbsp; female head right; three dolphins around; Punic &quot;Z-I-Z&quot; around between dolphins</p><p>CPS I. plate 3,Z1 (x2) (O8/Raa) - this coin (private collection Y)</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides being a plate coin from Jenkins&#039; <i>Coins of Punic Sicily </i>and private collection Y (Jenkins), obverse die O8 was used to strike coins of Motya and Segesta in addition to Panormos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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