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Æ21 - Hadrian AVG (sic), COR (in field)
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 128-138 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, draped with paludamentum over the left shoulder. The portrait displays the characteristic short beard and curled hair of Hadrian's mature imperial iconography. The legend encircles the bust, rendered in Latin capitals around the periphery of the flan. The flan is of irregular round shape typical of provincial hammered coinage, with some areas of flat strike. Overall style is consistent with Corinthian provincial workshop production of the Hadrianic period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hadrian visited Corinth twice — once in 124/125 AD and again in 128/129 AD — and coins struck under his patronage at the colony often carry the COR field mark to emphasize Corinth's status as a Roman colonia. The "AVG" spelling without "HADRIANVS" is an abbreviated form used on several Corinthian provincial bronzes of this period, occasionally recorded with minor epigraphic inconsistencies that make individual die attribution to III#234 worth cross-referencing against the Amandry corpus.