Æ21 - Hadrian ΤΟΙϹ ΑΡΚΑϹΙ

Corinth's decision to strike coinage invoking the Arcadians almost certainly reflects the city's complicated relationship with its Greek neighbors following Roman refoundation in 44 BC. The Latin colony had spent nearly a century reasserting its Hellenic credentials, and civic bronzes of the Hadrianic period frequently deployed pan-Hellenic references — Hadrian's own philhellenism and his founding of the Panhellenion in 131-132 AD made such gestures politically advantageous. Whether this piece predates or postdates the Panhellenion's formal establishment remains debated among specialists cataloging the III series.