Constantine I campgate from Rome with closed doors

Here is a Constantine I campgate from Rome with closed doors. Also, note the windows in the turrets and arch above the doorway.

Constantine I
A.D. 318- 319
18mm 3.6gm
CONST-ANTINVS AVG; laureate helmet and cuirassed bust right.
VIRTV-S AVGG; campgate with closed doors and three turrets, across fields P/R
In ex. RS
RIC VII Rome 176

 

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Nice find, Victor. I like it! Better than the usual.

 

That is a very nice example!

 

Nice. Very nice. I have lots of Constantine campgates, but none at all like this. Wonderful find.

 

Very nice. I really like the style of the campgate.

 

Very cool

 

Great example of what certainly is a rare type. Thank for sharing.

 

Awesome coin Victor! One of these types just came up in the recent leu auction. I got blown out of the water on that one

 

Now that's a camp gate, wow great coin.

 

It is a pretty sharp example, but lacks the awesome windows.

 

Here is a campgate example ex the collection of Victor Clark. (Thanks Victor!)
Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine right
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG
Reverse: Campgate, two turrets and star above, dot in doorway, 7 layers
PROVIDENTIAE AVGG
Mintmark: SMANTA (Antioch), Year 326
Reference: RIC VII 71, A

Lots of silvering remaining

 

The argentei of the early tetrarchs that featured a sacrifice in front of what seems to be a campgate had "virtus militum" as their reverse legend, but later campgates under Licinius, Constantine, and his House had "providentiae avgg, the “foresight of the augusti,” as the legend. Victor's coin has "virtus augg," or "might of the augusti," which seems a combination of the two legends. How (un)common was this legend for campgates? Is it as uncommon as the unusual 3-turreted closed-door campgate itself?

 

it is common on campgates from Arles, which have four turrets and open doors.

some campgates with three turrets are pretty common, but closed door campgates are not so common and only from Rome.

 

Congratulations, @Victor_Clark, I had a view on that one, too. In the past I thought campgates are boring, but CoinTalk opened my eyes for them. So far, I have only two, of which this rickety little Valentinian III campgate (10.5 mm, 0.99 gr.) is the most interesting.

 

I have had a few of those and I especially like his CAS[T] VIC reverses.

 

Speaking of Valentinian III campagtes, I have one that seems to spell "VOT VOT" instead of the normal "VOT PVB":

 

That has to be one of the coolest campgates out there. I love those Valentinian ones as well.

 

Definitely in my top 10...but this Licinius II from Rome might be #1

 

I'm gobsmacked and greener than the coin with envy

 

I wish it was mine...it's just in my top 10 campgates list.