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Æ16 - Tiberius S E
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 14-37 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Standing male figure identified as Isthmos, the personification of the Isthmus of Corinth, advancing to the right in a dynamic pose. The deity is depicted nude or semi-nude, holding a steering rudder in each outstretched hand, symbolising Corinth's dominion over the sea routes on both sides of the isthmus. The abbreviated legend S E, denoting the denomination semis, appears in the field, divided on either side of the figure. |
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| Reverse lettering | S E (Translation: semis) |
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Corinth in this period was a Roman colonia — refounded by Caesar in 44 BC on the ruins of the city Mummius had leveled in 146 BC — and its civic bronze coinage under Tiberius reflects an administration keen to display imperial loyalty through the SC formula, here adapted for colonial rather than senatorial use. The duoviri who authorized these issues changed annually, making precise dating within the reign difficult without die linkage studies.