- Stock: Sold
- Model: campgate SMTSE
Constantius II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. Thessalonica, AD 326-328. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with six rows, the top row decorated with pellets, no doors and two turrets, sitting on a plain base; star above, SMTSB in exergue. RIC 158. 3,00 g, 18.5 mm extremely fine
Over time in the Roman Empire, borders (limes) had become the lines of defense against the barbarians tribes trying to invade the territories. Towers for observation and defence were sometimes built for the protection of the different towns. The only real campgate construction preserved from that period is Porto Negre from the city of Trier in Germany. (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-simple-campgate-thread.370908/)
