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Æ21 - Hadrian COL L IVL COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 128-138 |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare or lightly draped bust of Aphrodite (attributed) facing right, hair drawn back and secured in a knot behind the head with loose ends falling free; the figure wears a pendant earring and necklace, rendered in a modest provincial style characteristic of Corinthian civic coinage under Hadrian. |
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| Reverse description | A lioness stands left, positioned atop a prostrate ram which it has brought down; the group is set upon the capital of a Doric column, of which only the uppermost portion of the fluted shaft is visible below the capital, serving as a bold civic and cultic symbol of Corinth. The reverse legend COL L IVL COR is disposed around the design in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | COL L IVL COR (Translation: colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians) |
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