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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1895636, member: 19463"]I was surprised when I looked this up in RIC to discover it was a common coin because I do not recall seeing it before.  As is so often the case, the partly silvered surfaces made it hard to photograph but I hope you can see the details.  At the left is Diana drawing an arrow from her quiver while holding a bow in the other hand.  At the right, her brother Apollo stands holding his lyre and, according to RIC (219var.) a laurel branch.  I can't say that I see a laurel branch but I don't know what it is.  Hoping to find more information, I looked the type up on acsearch (one with left portrait), Coin Project (none) and Wildwinds (one with left portrait).  I even dug out ERIC II and found a nice photo of the reverse as type 126 but could not find the coin listed.  I rarely can find anything in ERIC II because we just don't speak the same language.  If any of you are comfortable with this book and can tell me how to find this coin, please do.  I did find it on the new RIC update page:<a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1086?q=Apollo+and+Diana+&page=1&mod=result&x=14&y=10&from=quick" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1086?q=Apollo+and+Diana+&page=1&mod=result&x=14&y=10&from=quick" rel="nofollow">http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1086?q=Apollo+and+Diana+&page=1&mod=result&x=14&y=10&from=quick</a>There the branch is called olive but I have no idea how you are supposed to tell. For a common coin, this sure is hard to find.   Claudius II AE antoninianus Antioch mint RIC219p230 Cohen 258 SALVS AVG Diana & Apollo[ATTACH=full]323394[/ATTACH] Rare or not, I find this coin very nice compared to most Claudius II Antioch issues I have.[/QUOTE]

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