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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5175603, member: 110350&quot;]To be honest, those structures on top of the campgates, especially the ones with legs, look to me like the water tanks on top of NYC apartment buildings! But I think the beacon theory makes a lot of sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have only two:</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine II Caesar (son of Constantine I), Æ reduced Follis. small bust type, Heraclea Mint (5th Officina), 317 AD. Obv. Small laureate half-bust of young Constantine II left, wearing imperial mantle, holding mappa in right hand and globe and scepter in left hand, D N FL CL CONSTANTINVS NOB C / Rev. Campgate&nbsp; with five rows, three turrets, no door, and no star, PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; in exergue, mintmark MHTЄ [Epsilon = 5th Officina]. RIC VII 20 (p. 545), Sear RCV V 17140, Cohen 107.&nbsp; 18 mm., 3.31 g. (<i>Purchased from Kirk Davis</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211645[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius II Caesar (son of Constantine I), silvered billon centenionalis, Trier Mint (2nd Officina) 326 AD. Obv. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C / Rev. Campgate with six rows, no door, and two turrets; star between turrets; PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS. In exergue: STR followed by pellet in crescent. RIC VII Trier 480S (p. 209), Sear RCV V 17618. 19 mm., 3.09 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211647[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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