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Æ19 - Nero TI CLAV (or CLAV) ANAXILAO II (I) (or IIVIR) COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 66-67 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Nero facing right, rendered in profile with characteristic thick neck and heavy features typical of his later portraits. The emperor's effigy is portrayed in a bold, slightly crude provincial style consistent with colonial Corinthian coinage. The encircling legend runs along the periphery of the flan. The flan is slightly irregular, as is common for struck provincial bronzes of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | NERO CAESAR (Translation: Nero Caesar) |
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Nero visited Greece in 66–67 AD for an extended tour of the Hellenic games, competing personally in multiple festivals and accepting victory crowns he had not legitimately earned. Corinth was central to that visit — he broke ground there for the ill-fated Corinthian Canal project in late 67, personally wielding a golden pickaxe before a crowd of assembled dignitaries. Provincial bronzes issued from Corinth during this narrow window document the duumviral administration that organized and funded the spectacle of his presence.
The magistrate name ANAXILAO in the obverse legend is rare enough that die linkage studies have kept scholars debating whether one or two individuals of that name held the duumvirate across this issue.