First Roman Purchase

Thank you so much for the information. And sorry about the confusion. I will state where the photo came from the next time.

Yes, I noticed some inaccurate listings as well. I ran across one that had the same exact description (two in a row) but they were obviously different coins.

It looks diademed to me but perhaps I am wrong. I am new to this. lol

There are three lines, the bottom and top are more bold and the line in the middle is a bit faint.

Wildwinds photo:

RIC VII 154




I don't think it's 154 because in 154 there are what looks to be steps at the bottom of the camp gate.

Also, with my coin in hand the crown or whatever you want to call it doesn't look like a rosette-diadem.

I thought that a laureate has leaves and such for a crown.

Still trying to get a real ID on the Constantine I campgate coin. I realize that a lot of ancient coins can be different because of the different dies but this coin I have is not matching up exactly to any reference that I have access to. But for now, I will use RIC VII 154.

When I first saw this coin and then when I looked it up I got a rather different impression. It didn't seem like to me that calling it a campgate was quite right. That "campgate" seems like a tower to me and on top are beacons and the star provides light. Back in the ancient days, a lot of towers were square instead of round. Not sure how towers were in Rome though. One article I read called it a watch tower.

I didn't really want to say anything at first because I heard there has been a lot of debate about this coin.