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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 2753650, member: 10613&quot;]It&#039;s definitely a dot, being used as a control mark. Dots appear frequently in many different places. A few examples...the Thessalonica campgate below has a dot in the right field.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]631305[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>A.D. 326- 328</p><p>CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; laureate head.</p><p>PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; camp gate with two turrets and star between them, • in right field.</p><p>in ex. SMTSB</p><p>RIC VII Thessalonica 153</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Siscia campgate below has two dots in the mintmark and a bunch of dots in the top and bottom row of the campgate, which are merely decorative.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]631306[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>A.D. 326- 327</p><p>CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; Laureate head right.</p><p>PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above.</p><p>in ex. • BSIS •</p><p>RIC VII Siscia 200</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This example from London has a dot in the bottom of the doorway and a dot in the brick above the doorway.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]631307[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>A.D. 324-5</p><p>CONSTANT-INVS AVG; Laureate bust</p><p>PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; camp gate with two turrets and star between them, dot in bottom of doorway.</p><p>in ex. PLON</p><p>RIC VII London 293 var.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the potentially confusing part though...the dot above the arch is not a control mark; but a centering mark. I have a page about these-- <a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/dots/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/dots/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/dots/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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