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Æ19 - Domitian COL IVL AVG COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 81-96 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of the emperor Domitian facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Corinthian colonial coinage. The portrait displays the characteristic features of Domitian's later reign, with the laurel wreath encircling the head. The surrounding legend identifies the emperor in abbreviated Latin titulature, running along the coin's periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Corinth's colonial coinage under Domitian reflects the city's unusual status as a Roman refoundation — Julius Caesar's colonia of 44 BC had replaced the Greek city razed by Mummius in 146 BC, and the colonists were largely freedmen. The title COL IVL AVG COR compressed that entire history into an abbreviation, invoking Caesar's foundation and Augustus's subsequent patronage simultaneously. Provincial bronze of this module circulated almost exclusively at the local level, filling the gap left by Rome's indifference to small-denomination coinage in the Greek east.