Hadrian visited Corinth during his Greek tour of 124–125 AD and again around 128–129 AD, and the city — rebuilt by Julius Caesar as a Roman colony in 44 BC after lying depopulated for a full century — responded with a burst of civic bronze coinage celebrating the relationship. The colonial title COL L IVL COR encoded in the legend reflects Caesar's original foundation, a piece of institutional memory the Corinthians carried on their coinage for nearly two hundred years after refoundation.
Hadrian visited Corinth during his Greek tour of 124–125 AD and again around 128–129 AD, and the city — rebuilt by Julius Caesar as a Roman colony in 44 BC after lying depopulated for a full century — responded with a burst of civic bronze coinage celebrating the relationship. The colonial title COL L IVL COR encoded in the legend reflects Caesar's original foundation, a piece of institutional memory the Corinthians carried on their coinage for nearly two hundred years after refoundation.