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Æ19 - Claudius OCTAVIO IIVIR LICINO ITER
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 42-46 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P P (Translation: Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Augustus, father of the fatherland) |
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| Reverse lettering | OCTAVIO IIVIR LICINO ITER (Translation: with Octavius duovir (and) Licinius (duovir) for the second time) |
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Corinth's colonial coinage under Claudius was administered by locally appointed duoviri — the Roman equivalent of municipal magistrates — whose names appear on issues as a mark of civic office rather than artistic patronage. Lucius Octavius and Licinius held the duovirate here, with Licinius serving iterum, his second term, a detail the coin's legend makes explicit. This kind of repeated tenure was not unusual in Roman colonial administration, where experienced magistrates were often recycled into office during periods of stable imperial governance.
Corinth itself had been refounded as Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis by Julius Caesar in 44 BC, nearly a century before this piece was struck.