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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 21088843, member: 87809&quot;]Reviving this older thread and sharing this <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I was just reading an abstract of Woods, D. (2017) &#039;The late Roman &#039;camp gate&#039; reverse type and the sidus salutare&#039;, Numismatic Chronicle, 177, pp. 159-174 at </p><p><a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/9602?show=full" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/9602?show=full" rel="nofollow">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/9602?show=full</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>There he writes: &quot;The so-called camp gate reverse type proved popular on late Roman coinage from the reign of Diocletian (284-305) until that of Valentinian III (425-55). It is argued here that the traditional description of the structure on these coins as a camp gate is incorrect, and that in the vast majority of cases it is a city gate.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>If this is correct, I&#039;ll have to change my descriptions of camp gate coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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