Hadrian visited Corinth during his extensive Greek tour of 124–125 AD, and the city — refounded as a Roman colony by Julius Caesar in 44 BC after lying abandoned for a century — responded with a sustained burst of civic coinage that outlasted the visit itself. The COL COR legend reflects that colonial identity, nearly two centuries on from Caesar's refoundation.
Hadrian visited Corinth during his extensive Greek tour of 124–125 AD, and the city — refounded as a Roman colony by Julius Caesar in 44 BC after lying abandoned for a century — responded with a sustained burst of civic coinage that outlasted the visit itself. The COL COR legend reflects that colonial identity, nearly two centuries on from Caesar's refoundation.