Constantius II campgate from Sirmium

If you want to get a campgate from Sirmium it has to be Constantius II. Sirmium issued SARMATIA DEVICTA reverse for Constantine I and Crispus and Constantine II had ALAMANNIA DEVICTA reverse. So Constantius alone appeared on the campgates. Out of the 15 Imperial mints striking coins during the LRB campgate period, Sirmium is the only one that struck a campgate for a sole ruler.



Constantius II
A.D. 324- 325
Ӕ nummus 18mm 3.3g
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left.
PROVIDENTIAE CAESS; campgate with two turrets and ✶ between them.
in ex. SIRM
RIC VII Sirmium 53

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Crispus
Mint: Sirmium
324/325 AD
AE Follis
Obvs: FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, bust laureate head right.
Revs: ALAMANNIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right holding trophy & palm, next to bound captive on right. •SIRM•
18x19mm, 3.14g
Ref: RIC VII 49

 

some more Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)

here is one that needed a light cleaning



Constantine I
A.D. 324-325
18x20mm 3.1g
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; laureate head right.
SARMATIA DEVICTA; Victory advancing r., holding trophy, palm branch, spurning captive std. on ground to right.
in ex. SIRM
RIC VII Sirmium 48

This coin refers to a major victory over the Sarmatians in 322 A.D. This victory, however, was a big reason for the civil war with Licinius, since the territory that Constantine fought the Sarmatians in was actually under the control of Licinius.



“When Constantine learned that the Sarmatians, who live near Lake Maeotis, had sailed across the Danube and were pillaging his territory, he led his army against them…he killed many, took more prisoners and put the rest to flight.” Zosimus 2:21



"Licinius did not accept the gold coinage on which Constantine emblazoned his victory against the Sarmatians, but melted it down and converted it to other uses, giving no answer to those who faulted him with regard to this than that he did not wish foreign affairs to have a place in domestic business." Petrus Patricius (circa A.D. 500- 565) The Lost History of Peter the Patrician F 208




and this coin is an unofficial issue that pairs Constantine I with an ALAMANNIA DEVICTA that was only officially issued for Crispus and Constantine II



Constantine I
circa A.D. 324- 325
17mm 2.1gm
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, Laureate bust right.
ALMANNI-A DEVICT, Victory standing right, on bound captive with head turned to left, holding laurel branch and trophy.
In ex. SIRM

 

Great coins! Here’s one of my SARMATIA DEVICTA coins: