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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4947582, member: 110504&quot;][USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER], to get right back into the architecture (insincere apologies ensue), that one&#039;s fantastic.&nbsp; Without looking, it&#039;s a &#039;DIVO CLAUDIO,&#039; which, as a guess, would still put it safely in the pre-Tetrarchy phase of the 3rd century.&nbsp; As such (...until someone busts me on the attribution), the anticipation of the Constantinian &#039;camp gate&#039; issues is the kind of thing that might make someone sit up in their chair.</p><p><br /></p><p>...Right, the &#039;camp gate&#039; motif goes on to be adapted and /but perpetuated (along the lines of, for one recent instance in this forum, Roman provincials and Pharoahnic and Ptolemaic motifs), far into the medieval period.&nbsp; Going from the &#039;temple&#039; type of the Carolingians (9th c. onward), to early Capetian France (issues from Orleans --in which the &#039;gate&#039; part is more pronounced), and other, even more creative adaptations in the French feudal series, from the 11th century.</p><p>Making your example, as a prototype going farther back than I ever knew of, that resonantly cool.</p><p>...Okay, only since people are running with the architectural theme, despite your ostensible protestations, there&#039;s this.&nbsp; I just posted it, somewhere, but the similarity to your reverse is pretty pronounced.&nbsp; This is of Hugues Bardoul, count of Dreux c. 1035-1055.&nbsp; ...Inviting speculation that maybe the medieval die engravers were using different, but complementary Roman prototypes.&nbsp; The references always describe it a church facade, but I harbor my doubts --especially since the reverse legend is &#039;DRVCAS CASTA.&#039;</p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1189199[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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