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Æ26 - Antoninus Pius C L I COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Weight | 11.99 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Emperor Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the typical provincial style of mid-second century Achaean coinage. The portrait displays the characteristic beard and thick laurel wreath of the emperor, with drapery visible at the truncation of the neck. The surrounding legend is disposed around the periphery of the flan. A dotted border frames the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANTONINVS AVG PIVS (Translation: Antoninus Augustus Pius) |
| Reverse description | Cybele, the Phrygian mother goddess, depicted seated to the left upon a throne, wearing a turreted crown and long robes. In her extended right hand she holds a patera above a recumbent lion at her feet, symbolising her dominion over wild nature, while her left hand grasps a long sceptre. The composition reflects the strong cult of Cybele attested at Roman Corinth. A dotted border frames the field, with the colonial legend distributed around the periphery. |
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