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Æ22 - Hadrian COL LAV IVL COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 117-128 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of the emperor Hadrian facing right, depicted in three-quarter front view with paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The effigy displays fine portrait detail consistent with early Hadrianic provincial coinage. The encircling Latin legend reads IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, running along the coin's periphery. The flan is somewhat irregular, typical of provincial bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES TRAIAN- HADRIANVS AVG (Translation: Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus) |
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Corinth's colonial coinage under Hadrian reflects the city's peculiar dual identity — a Roman colonia planted on the ruins of the Greek city razed by Mummius in 146 BC, yet increasingly performing its Hellenic heritage for an emperor who actively cultivated it. The abbreviation COL LAV IVL COR encodes that tension in four words: a Latin colonial title wrapped around the memory of Julius Caesar's refoundation in 44 BC.
Hadrian visited Corinth at least twice, in 124 and again around 128–129, and local bronze issues cluster around these visits — whether as civic celebration or practical necessity for festival-related exchange remains debated.