Mystery Roman w/ dog or wolf

[Kim Stallings]

Here is my one mystery coin for the night...

The piece is a 15mm x 18mm oval weighing in at 5.4 grams.

Under the right light the reverse clearly shows a dog or wolf facing right.

Any ideas gentlemen?

Regards!

Kim

[Vladimir]

I am not sure about the dog Kim :)
I thing the reverse is actually obverse and it is a right oriented head (in the moment the axes is oriented 2 - 8 o'clock and is "looking" downwards.
The left image that you have is actually the reverse and this is Ares seated (usually on cuirass) left, wearing helmet and leaning left hand on a shield. The style of the letters is Greek, but I can not recognize the letters so I don't know is it a Roman provincial or Greek coin. I have to check in the books and will let you know if I come across something.
Vl.

[Kim Stallings]

Vladimir -

It sure looked like a dog to me! (Maybe a Greek dog... :p)

I'll research the Ares reference and see what I can come up with.

Thanks again!

Kim

[Vladimir]

Kim, this is a great one! I don't remember the last time I was laughing as mach as with the "Greek dog" :):):)
Vl.

[Kim Stallings]

Vlad -

Just as I can count on you for expert coin identification you can always count on me for a laugh every now and then. :p

Kim