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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sky92880, post: 8258909, member: 77343&quot;]Here&#039;s a coin that I&#039;ve owned for over 20 years. It is struck under Valentinian 2, with a camp gate on the reverse from the Thessalonica mint.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456301[/ATTACH] </p><p>obv: DN VALENTINIANUS PF AVG, rev: GLORIAREI-PUBLICAE; mint: TES .</p><p>0.87 gr,&nbsp; 12.98 mm</p><p>While looking through the book Coinage and history of the Roman empire from David L.Vagi, I saw that these specs can match the denomination of an AR light half Siliqua.</p><p>I have a similar piece (same tower shape) in copper that weighs twice as much 1.64 gr, for about the same diameter : 13.88 mm </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456333[/ATTACH]This one is from the a//TES mint. </p><p>The key question is, is the first coin a light half Siliqua ?</p><p>Anyone have an idea ?</p><p>Feel free to schow your Valentinianus 2 campgate coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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