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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7750627, member: 57495"]That's an impressive number of layers, [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER]! I notice that the one with the second most layers shown in the thread so far - Bing's - is also a Siscia issue. It seems the die engravers there tried to outdo themselves when it came to layering their campgates? </p><p><br /></p><p>Best I can do is this 11-layer example from Antioch.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327036[/ATTACH]<b>CONSTANTINE I</b></p><p>AE3. 3.98g, 19mm. Antioch mint, AD 331-333/334, 5th Officina. RIC VII Antioch 81. O: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, rosette-diademed head right. R: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, campgate with 11 layers, 2 turrets and star inbetween, pellet in doorway; SMANTЄ in exergue. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the other end of the scale, here's a Valentinian II campgate with 4 layers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327037[/ATTACH]<b>VALENTINIAN II</b></p><p>AE4. 0.79g, 12mm. Thessalonica mint, AD 384-388. RIC IX 62a.2; LRBC 1864. O: D N VALENTIN[IANVS P F AVG], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: GLORIA REI-[PVB]L<i>CE, campgate with four layers, no doors and two turrets; A in left field, TES in exergue. </i></p><p><i><i>Ex Terence Cheesman (“Maple Leaf”) Collection</i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7750627, member: 57495"]That's an impressive number of layers, [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER]! I notice that the one with the second most layers shown in the thread so far - Bing's - is also a Siscia issue. It seems the die engravers there tried to outdo themselves when it came to layering their campgates? Best I can do is this 11-layer example from Antioch. [ATTACH=full]1327036[/ATTACH][B]CONSTANTINE I[/B] AE3. 3.98g, 19mm. Antioch mint, AD 331-333/334, 5th Officina. RIC VII Antioch 81. O: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, rosette-diademed head right. R: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, campgate with 11 layers, 2 turrets and star inbetween, pellet in doorway; SMANTЄ in exergue. At the other end of the scale, here's a Valentinian II campgate with 4 layers. [ATTACH=full]1327037[/ATTACH][B]VALENTINIAN II[/B] AE4. 0.79g, 12mm. Thessalonica mint, AD 384-388. RIC IX 62a.2; LRBC 1864. O: D N VALENTIN[IANVS P F AVG], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: GLORIA REI-[PVB]L[I]CE, campgate with four layers, no doors and two turrets; A in left field, TES in exergue. [I]Ex Terence Cheesman (“Maple Leaf”) Collection[/I][/I][/QUOTE]
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