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Campgate from Lyons
« on: January 18, 2013, 12:30:07 PM »
Here is a nice campgate from Lyons that I just got. These tend to be a bit scarce and this one is a sharp example.

A footnote in RIC references a coin with a dot in the archway, like this one; however I believe that this is nothing more than a centering dot.


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Re: Campgate from Lyons
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2013, 07:30:43 AM »
Nice coin Victor!
i had been searching for a long time a decent ones.
Here is the mine, from the White Mountain Collcction.

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Re: Campgate from Lyons
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2013, 11:57:32 AM »
i had been searching for a long time a decent ones.

Yes, they are actually a bit harder to find than the RIC listing of "scarce" indicates.

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Re: Campgate from Lyons
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2013, 12:59:05 PM »
Nice samples.
May I suggest the idea that the same obverse dies could have been used for both issues PROVIDENTIAE AVGG and SARMATIA DEVICTA. Keeping in mind that obverse die lifetime should be twice longer than reverse one.
Here is a little "galerie de portraits" to compare the two issues (no matching dies here).

ROMA CAPVT MVNDI REGIT ORBIS FRENA ROTVNDI

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Re: Campgate from Lyons
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2013, 01:20:44 PM »
May I suggest the idea that the same obverse dies could have been used for both issues PROVIDENTIAE AVGG and SARMATIA DEVICTA. Keeping in mind that obverse die lifetime should be twice longer than reverse one.

Yes, it would not surprise me to find obverse die links.

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Re: Campgate from Lyons
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2013, 06:28:58 AM »
I got a new and nicer campgate from LYons.