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Æ26 - Commodus C L I COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 184-192 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Emperor Commodus facing right, with the imperial effigy rendered in the local provincial style. The laureate wreath is visible atop the head, with drapery indicated at the shoulder. A Latin legend encircles the bust within the field, partially worn but recording the imperial titulature. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Corinth's civic bronze issues under Commodus belong to a period when the city was functioning as the Roman colony Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis — a status it held since refoundation by Julius Caesar in 44 BC, over two centuries before this piece was struck. Provincial bronzes from Achaea dried up sharply after Commodus; the administrative disruptions following his murder in 192 and the subsequent civil wars effectively ended most Peloponnesian civic mint activity for years.