Æ26 - Commodus C L I COR

Corinth held the status of a Roman colony — Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis — refounded by Julius Caesar in 44 BC on the site of the city Lucius Mummius had razed in 146 BC. That colonial identity explains the Latin legends appearing on Corinthian bronzes long after Greek had become standard across the eastern provincial mint network. Under Commodus, the city's magistrates issued coins aggressively, likely tied to his elevation as co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius in 177. The reference IV.1#4678 places this piece within the BCD Corinth corpus, the authoritative die study for the series.