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Æ18 - Commodus C L I COR
| Issuer | Roman Colony of Corinth (Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis), Achaea |
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| Year | 177-192 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP M AVR CO[M]o ANTo AVG (Translation: Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Corinth's colonial bronze issues under Commodus occupy an understudied corner of provincial numismatics. The colony — formally refounded by Julius Caesar in 44 BC on the site of the city destroyed by Mummius in 146 BC — retained its Latin colonial status and continued striking autonomous bronze well into the Severan period, making it one of the more prolific western Greek mints of the imperial era.
Commodus's fifteen-year reign generated a substantial volume of provincial issues across the east, though Corinthian bronzes of this period are frequently encountered with heavy tooling and cleaning in the trade — worth scrutiny on any example.