The dog shown on many coins of Karthaea represents Sirius who was worshipped for the return of good weather.
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| BMC 39 | Kartheia, Cyclades, AE chalkous, ca, 300-200 BC. 4.57 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / KAΡΘAI beneath forepart of the hound Sirius right in a circle of rays. BMC 39; SNG Cop 631; Righetti Coll. II, 354. | Text | Image |
| BMC 40 | Karthaea on Keos, Cyclades. 3rd Century BC. AE20mm (6.13 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right / KAΡΘAΣA, Forepart of a dog (Seirios) left surrounded by rays; fly below. Papageorgiadou-Banis, Series VIII, Issue 2, 106-117; BMC Crete 40; SNG Cop 633. | Text | Image |
| BMC 42 | Karthaea on Keos, Cyclades. 3rd Century BC. AE19mm (5.35 gm). Young head of Dionysus right, wearing wreath of ivy / Grape cluster; star left. Papageorgiadou-Banis, Series VII, Issue 2; BMC Crete 42; SNG Cop 630. | Text | Image |
| Hoover 540 | Karthaea on Keos, Cyclades. AR Stater. 510-480 BC. 11.86g. Amphora, dolphin swimming upwards to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Hoover, Islands 540. | Text | Image |
| Hoover 594 | Koinon of Karthaea, Keos, Cyclades. 4,89g. 225-150 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / KE beneath the dog Sirius left, surrounded by radiate rays. Hoover 594. | Text | Image |
| Papag 93 | Karthaea on Keos, Cyclades. Late 3rd-early 2nd century BC. AE Dichalkon, 19mm, 6.09 g. Laureate head of Apollo right / KAΡ above, Forepart of the dog Sirius left, within rays; below, bee to left. Papageorgiadou-Banis 99, VIII/Issue 1.93 (same dies). SNG Cop 634 (same dies). | Text | Image |
| Papag 155 | Karthaea on Keos, Cyclades. 3rd Century BC. AE17mm (3.68 gm). Laureate head of Aristaeus right / KA.., Forepart of a dog (Seirios) left surrounded by rays. Papageorgiadou-Banis, Series IX, 155-157; BMC Crete -; SNG Cop -. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 626 | Koinon of Karthaea on Keos, Cyclades. End of 4th Century BC. AE14mm (2.24 gm). Y-X, head of Aristaeus right / K-E, bunch of grapes on vine. Papageorgiadou-Banis, Series I; SNG Cop 626. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 634 Sear 3079 | Karthaea on Keos, Cyclades. 3rd Century BC. AE19mm (6.11 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right / KAΡΘA around, forepart of a dog (Seirios) right surrounded by rays; fly below. Papageorgiadou-Banis, Series VIII, Issue 1 (O46/R56); SNG Cop 634; BMC Crete 44 var. (Seirios right); Weber 4635. | Text | Image |
