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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2872562, member: 57495&quot;]I believe you&#039;re referencing the doors of the Temple of Janus?</p><p><a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/imperialfora/nerva/geminus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/imperialfora/nerva/geminus.html" rel="nofollow">http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/imperialfora/nerva/geminus.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s an interesting idea but I&#039;m not sure that it applies in the case of campgates, the vast majority of which are depicted with no doors at all.&nbsp; Those with open doors are comparatively uncommon and were not struck at all the mints, and those actually showing closed doors are downright rare and were only struck at Rome.&nbsp; And then, there&#039;s the one with the half-closed door... (coin below not mine).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]686824[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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