Æ21 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR

Corinth's civic bronze coinage under Marcus Aurelius reflects the colony's unusual administrative status — a Roman colonia planted on the ruins of the Greek city destroyed by Mummius in 146 BC, it operated under Latin rather than Greek institutional frameworks well into the imperial period. The abbreviation C L I COR in the reference expands to Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, the formal title granted when Julius Caesar refounded the city in 44 BC, the very year of his assassination.

BCD Corinth IV.1 #7590 places this piece within a tightly catalogued sequence established by the landmark BCD collection sale.