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Æ23 - Hadrian COL IVL COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 128-138 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC III#176 |
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| Reverse description | A Maenad clad in a short chiton stands facing right, her right arm raised aloft holding an unidentified object, while her left hand grasps a severed human head — an attribute consistent with Dionysiac iconography and the Bacchic thiasus. The figure is rendered in a dynamic pose typical of provincial bronze coinage from Roman Corinth. The colonial legend is disposed across the reverse field, attesting to the Julian foundation of the Corinthian colony. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hadrian visited Corinth at least twice, and the city — refounded as a Roman colony by Julius Caesar in 44 BC after a century of abandonment following Mummius's destruction in 146 BC — responded to imperial attention with a sustained local bronze coinage. The COL IVL COR legend reflects the colony's Caesarian foundation, a distinction Corinthians kept on their coins long after it had ceased to carry any practical administrative meaning.