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Æ22 - Antoninus Pius C L I COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the conventional imperial portrait style of the Antonine period. The effigy displays characteristic facial features of the emperor, with the laurel wreath clearly encircling the head. A beaded border surrounds the coin's periphery. The legend runs clockwise around the bust within the border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Corinth's colonial status under Rome — refounded by Julius Caesar in 44 BC as Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis — explains the C L I COR legend, which persisted on civic bronzes for over two centuries as a pointed assertion of Latin colonial identity within a thoroughly Greek province. Under Antoninus Pius the city flourished as the seat of the proconsul of Achaea, making its local bronze output administratively significant rather than merely ceremonial.