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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2707377, member: 83956&quot;]So apparently there’s a breed of ancients collector out there who enjoys counting blocks and rows and dots in the process of identifying the seemingly infinite varieties of campgates out there. I am not one of those collectors. In fact, I’m overhauling my Constantine cataloging and have left campgates and “Gloria Exercitus” types for last.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, is there any hope for a conclusive ID (i.e., RIC #) for this campgate? And how to describe this bust type? Is it simply diademed, or does the square bit over his eye make it “rosette,” or are rosettes always circular, or circular shapes within a square?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]610522[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some details on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; diademed (?) head right;</p><p>PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; campgate with 2 turrets, 11 layers, star above, dot in doorway.</p><p>FWIW: 18.19 mm.; 2.81 g.; 180°</p><p><br /></p><p>My Spidey-sense is telling me it’s Antioch; it looks about right for the type, and there’s enough of the exergue there to see, or imagine seeing, an SMAN… (Though that first letter sort of looks like a high delta.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t have RIC to hand, but I’m not sure that would help since I get turned around in RIC even on the easy ID&#039;s. Dane’s campgate spreadsheets just make me dizzy, and Wildwinds examples don’t give me the precise combination of details to make an ID.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose I’m fundamentally lazy and want a campgate specialist to say, “Oh, of course, that’s a RIC VII Antioch 81!”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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