Æ22 - Hadrian COL LAV IVL COR

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.