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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3211565, member: 56859&quot;]I bought a small group lot which contained many campgates, in part because I had no campgates and in part because love group lots <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; The campgates had a lot of silvering.&nbsp; Speaking of, it seems that people speak of silvering in reverential tones... &quot;and it still has some <i>silvering</i> [oooooh ahhhh]&quot;.&nbsp; After seeing my first &quot;silvered&quot; coins I think I prefer no trace of silver whatsoever, at least for these LRBs.&nbsp; Unless the silvering is absolutely perfect, it just makes the coin look splotchy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve given many of them away but here&#039;s my favorite of that bunch:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Constantine I, RIC VII Antioch 84, SMANTE</b></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/campgater11-constantinei-smante-jpg.436953/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Some time after that I bought another LRB which has no silvering whatsoever.&nbsp; While the coin itself may not be quite as nice in terms of the flan and preservation, I think the non-silvered surfaces are much more attractive.&nbsp; They&#039;re certainly easier to photography!&nbsp; The main attraction to this coin was the vintage Sear certificate, although as others pointed out there&#039;s no way to really know if the stapled flip contained the original coin.&nbsp; I have no reason to believe otherwise though.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinei-campgate-vintagesearcert-ricvii-trier-449-border-jpg.606559/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Constantine I follis, /campgate; RIC VII Trier 449</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vintagesearcert-1978-constantinei-campgate-jpg.606560/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Since we&#039;re talking about campgates, I&#039;m in the camp that believes the structures depicted on the reverse are signaling stations rather than camp/city gates.</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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