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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2753743, member: 56859&quot;]Fantastic, [USER=87186]@LaCointessa[/USER]!&nbsp; What a nice gift, and good job with the attribution <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of years ago I bought a group lot containing many campgates.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here&#039;s one of the better coins from that group:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/campgater11-constantinei-smante-jpg.436953/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Constantine I, RIC VII Antioch 84, SMANTE</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>This was discussed recently but I&#039;ll post it again here:&nbsp; We call these coins &quot;campgates&quot; but the reverses may not depict campgates.&nbsp; I believe the &quot;signaling tower&quot; theory.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a good article about this in an old Celator (<a href="https://community.vcoins.com/the-celator-vol-18-no-1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://community.vcoins.com/the-celator-vol-18-no-1/" rel="nofollow">Vol 18, No. 1, January 2004</a>), <i>Campgate Bronzes and Roman Fire Signalling, </i>Murray K. Dahm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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