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Æ24 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 175-177 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Youthful bare-headed bust of Commodus as Caesar, draped in paludamentum, facing right. The portrait displays the characteristic short curly hair of the young prince, rendered in the provincial style typical of Corinthian colonial coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Trojan hero Aeneas advances to the right, his head turned back to the left, in a composition evoking the celebrated flight from Troy. He leads his young son Ascanius by the hand while carrying his aged father Anchises upon his left shoulder, the latter depicted as a seated elderly figure. The scene, deeply resonant with the colonial mythology of Corinth as a Roman foundation, is rendered in the compact, somewhat provincial style characteristic of Achaean colonial bronzes of the Antonine period. |
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