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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shanxi, post: 4798396, member: 101607&quot;]Nice idea for a thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some dogs:[ATTACH=full]1165175[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ephesos (Circa 50-27 BC)</p><p>Jason, magistrate</p><p>Obv.: Ε - Φ, Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; dog at her feet</p><p>Rev.: ΙΑΣΩΝ, Cock standing right with palm over wing within laurel wreath.</p><p>AE, 10.88 g, 25 mm.</p><p>Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 344</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165176[/ATTACH] </p><p>C. POSTUMIUS</p><p>Denarius, 74 BC, Rome</p><p>Obv.: Bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder.</p><p>Rev.: Dog running right, spear below, C. POSTVMI/TA ligate</p><p>Ag, 3.77g, 18.2mm</p><p>Ref.: Crawford 394/1a, Sydenham 785.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165178[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Diadumenian as Caesar</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis</p><p>1 Apr 217 - mid May 218 A.D.;</p><p>Consular Legate Statius Longinus</p><p>Obv.: M OΠEΛ ΔIAΔOΥMENIANOC K, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind</p><p>Rev.: VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC I CTΡΩ, Artemis hunting: advancing right, bow in left, with right drawing arrow from quiver, dog running at feet;</p><p>AE,11.9g, 25.76mm</p><p>Ref.: Varbanov I p. 308, 374</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and as last: Diana with a poodle:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165179[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Counter Token</p><p>by (Ernst Ludwig Sigmund ?) Lauer, Nuremberg, AD 1791</p><p>Obv.: LVD: XVI DG - FR. ET. NAV R , bust of Louis XVI facing right.</p><p>Rev.: RECH PFENN / LAUER , Artemis/Diana walking with her dog (poodle) on the dog leash, trees and bushes to the right</p><p>AE, 1.53g, 21mm</p><p>Ref.: Hennin Nr. 274. Pl. 26 - 31, 1791[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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