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Æ21 - Hadrian COL L IVL COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 128-137 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Asclepius, god of medicine, depicted standing facing with head turned to the left, his weight supported by a tall serpent-entwined staff upon which his right hand rests. The figure is rendered in the classical style characteristic of Corinthian colonial coinage of the Hadrianic era. The reverse legend COL L IVL COR is distributed around the field, affirming the colony's status. |
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| Mintage | ND (128-137) |
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Hadrian visited Corinth at least twice — in 124 and again in 128 AD — and the city's colonial coinage intensified noticeably around these imperial visits. The abbreviation COL L IVL COR, marking Corinth as a Laus Iulia colony, preserves the city's refounding under Julius Caesar in 44 BC, the same year of his assassination, making it one of Rome's last personally ordered colonial establishments.