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Æ20 - Hadrian COL L IVL COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 128-138 |
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| Weight | 5.52 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Aphrodite (attributed) facing right, adorned with earring and necklace; hair drawn back and knotted behind the head with loose ends falling freely, rendered in a classicizing Hellenistic style. No legend present in the obverse field. |
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| Mint | Corinth |
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Hadrian visited Corinth at least twice, and the city — refounded as a Roman colony by Julius Caesar in 44 BC after a century of abandonment following Mummius's destruction — had particular reason to commemorate imperial attention. The colonial title encoded in the obverse legend, *Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis*, was a point of civic pride maintained on bronze issues for nearly two centuries after the refoundation.
Provincial bronzes of this period from the Corinthian mint show considerable variation in die alignment and flan preparation, likely reflecting intermittent rather than sustained production runs tied to specific civic occasions or festival cycles.