Æ26 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR

Corinth's provincial bronze coinage under Marcus Aurelius was produced by a city still operating under the colonial framework established by Julius Caesar in 44 BC, when Corinth was refounded as Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis after lying abandoned for a century following its destruction by Mummius in 146 BC. The magistrate abbreviation COR on this issue reflects that colonial Latin identity persisting deep into the Greek-speaking eastern empire — an administrative quirk that makes Corinthian provincials distinctly bilingual in character compared to neighboring Achaean mints.