City Wall with no door.

Another one of these Thrace Anchialus Septimius Severus City Gate coins I have had my eye on for quite a while and couldn't resist when it reached the right price point. Slightly different to the one I posted a couple of months ago in as much as missing a door and no arches on top of the wall only two blocks. From the modern day city of Pomorie (ancient city Anchialus) Anchialos acquired the appearance of a Roman city and thrived in the 2nd and 3rd century under the Severan Dynasty, serving as the most important import and export station of Thrace. Attribution: Moushmov 2810
Date: 193-211 AD
Obverse: AV K Λ CEP - CEYHP P C, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right
Reverse: City wall with two towers and two blocks along top of wall
Size: 27.05 mm
Weight: 13.08 grams
Ex Ray Wilk/Ancient Imports.
This type of City Gate comes in a large range of types and Emperors, below is a link to Ray Wilks page exhibiting quite a few. http://citygate.ancients.info/gates6.htm.
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That's a fantastic example AA! I got mine as a surprise in a bulk lot and I love me some campgates so I was thrilled when I saw it.


And a few more favourite campgates...


Yeah... campgates are fun.

 

Thanks, that's a nice assortment you have.

 

Yeah before February I didn't own one now I'm close to 30... good times. I need to find more city gates from before the Constantine period.. but they're just not as cheap.

 

Rated R3, the following coin was struck in Antioch under Constantine II. It has 8 layers. RIC VII -ANT- 73.

 

It is such a big field will keep you busy for a while, I am thinking about getting more variety of the Constantine era but at the moment only have one that I bought in London a few moths ago.

 

Nice coin and so rare, congrats.

 

Wow, colour me green... that doorless city wall is great! Definitely on my want list now.

You've seen this one before, but it's my most recent city gate, also a Sep Sev.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AE29. 12.6g, 28.8mm. MOESIA INFEROR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa AD 210-211. Flavius Ulpianus, legate. Varbanov 2795; AMNG 1339; Price/Trell Fig. 26. O:AVT Λ CEΠ-T CEVHPOC Π, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. R: V ΦΛ OYΛΠIAN NIKOΠOΛIT, ΠROC IC below, City gate with small tetrastyle temple seen in distance through doorway; above, a colonnaded stoa or sanctuary with three sections.
Ex Dr. Rainer Pudill Collection

And my most recent camp gate, a tiny Valentinian II AE4. I haven't photographed it yet, so these are the seller's pics.

VALENTINIAN II
Scarce. AE4. 0.79g, 12mm. Thessalonica mint, AD 384-388. RIC IX 62a.2; LRBC 1864. O: D N VALENTIN[IANVS P F AVG], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: GLORIA REI-[PVB]LCE, campgate with four layers, no doors and two turrets; A in left field, TES in exergue.

 

Gosh, that's a neat coin! I never knew these came doorless.

 

Me either...and that is truly a wonderful example!!

 

Very nice doorless campgate! Love the patina!
@ Zumbly: Like your SS too!

Here is a Constantius II w/ doors, Arles
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TIBERIUS
AE 25mm (As)
OBVERSE: TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS PON MAX IMP, laureate head left
REVERSE: COL AVGVSTA EMERITA, campgate
Struck at Emerita, Spain, 14-36 AD
9.27g, 25mm
RPC 42

CONSTANTINE I
AE3 Follis
OBVERSE: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, Pearl-diademed head right
REVERSE: VIRTV-S AVGG, campgate with four turrets, open gates and star above, S F at sides, PCONST in ex.
Struck at Arles, 328AD
2.70g, 20mm
RIC VII 321.

CONSTANTINE I
AE3 Follis
OBVERSE: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, diademed head right
REVERSE: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, campgate with two turrets & no doors, star above, GSISdouble-crescent in ex.
Struck at Siscia 328-9 AD
3.3g, 19mm
RIC VII 215G

LICINIUS I
AE3 Follis
OBVERSE: IMP LICI-NIVS AVG, laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle, holding globe, sceptre & mappa
REVERSE: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, campgate with three turrets, no door, delta in right field SMHA in ex.
Struck at Heraclea 318-320 AD
3.0g, 18mm
RIC VII 48

CONSTANTINE II
AE3 Follis
OBVERSE: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate (resembles pearl diadem), draped, cuirassed bust left
REVERSE: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, campgate, 2 turrets, 8 layers, star above, no door. Mintmark: SMKB, dot in left field
Struck at Cyzicus, 329-330 AD
3.7g, 19mm
RIC VII 52

 

Having talked to people on another coin forum who live near the ancient site, bring up the possibility of it being the wall that faced the sea seeing the structure was on the coast....so same building as this but only the other side.

 

Very nice coin, the next one of this type I get will have doors.

 

Love that double story camp gate, probably the same building as on mine.

 

Oooh...nice!! I love those big pentassaria of Septimius Severus from the Balkans. Here's one of mine from Anchialus:

 

I do not have a Campgate of SS, but one from CI:


RI Constantine I CE 306-337 Æ Follis 19mm 3.2g Siscia CE 326-7 AVG Laureate R - PROVIDENTIAE AVGG Camp gate 2 turrets no door star RIC 200

 

Great coin here's my only campgate.

Thanks,
Jacob

 

Here's mine, including one of Arcadius, rather late for the type:



And one of Constantine:

 

Great coin with nice patina!