Constantinian Campgates from Constantinople

Here's all the boys from Constantinople




Constantine I
A.D. 326-327
Ӕ nummus 19mm 3.4g
CONSTANTINVS AVG; Laureate head right.
PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, • in archway, ✶ above; in left field A.
in ex. CONS
RIC VII Constantinople 7







Crispus
A.D. 326
19mm 2.7g
CRISPVS NOB CAES; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; campgate with two turrets and star between them; in left field B.
in ex. CONS
RIC VII Constantinople 8






Constantine II
A.D. 326- 327
18mm 3.1g
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; campgate with two turrets and star between them, in left field B
in ex. CONS
RIC VII Constantinople 9






Constantius II
A.D. 326- 327
Ӕ nummus 18mm 2.7g
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left.
PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; campgate with two turrets and star between them, in left field A
in ex. CONS
RIC VII Constantinople 10/21

 

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A very nice group! I like them all, but the 1st and 3rd are my faves. Lovely examples!

The 1st though is an eye-catcher due to the height of the archway. It takes up the full lower 5 levels of the 7-layer campgate.


p.s.: What a family they were! Much worse than virtually any "blended family issue" today. Paranoia, megalomania, fratricide, and filicide. :-o What a dark opera their dynastic struggle would make.

 

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Speaking of the potential for turning their stories into a dark opera... I just realized the cast's star would best be played by a Narrator role, using the scary "Slender Man" for the part. He would be just the right height and size to walk through that extra tall archway. ;-o

 

Great coins, Victor. I used to have a few Constantinian Campgates, but they've been traded off over the years. This is the only campgate I own.

Magnus Maximus (383 - 388 A.D.)
Æ13
O: D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG; Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: SPES ROMANORVM; Camp-gate with star between its two turrets // RT
Rome Mint 387-388 A.D.
13mm
1.1g
RIC IX 59.3, p. 131, rare.

From the Doug Smith Collection #1507