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Æ26 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius facing right, portrayed in the imperial Roman provincial style. The circumferential legend in Latin reads M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, identifying the emperor by his Antonine nomenclature and tribunician title Augustus. The portrait exhibits the characteristic mature features of Marcus Aurelius, with a bearded visage and paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The surface shows heavy patination consistent with a provincial bronze striking of the Antonine period. |
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| Obverse lettering | M AVR ANTONINVS AVG (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Augustus) |
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Corinth's provincial bronze coinage under Marcus Aurelius was produced by a city still operating under the Roman colonial framework established by Julius Caesar in 44 BC, when Corinth was refounded as Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis after a century of deliberately enforced abandonment following its destruction by Mummius in 146 BC. The magistrate abbreviation C L I COR — Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis — appears with particular consistency on Aurelian-period issues, suggesting a deliberate civic assertion of colonial identity at a moment when the city was navigating the administrative pressures of the Antonine plague and the Marcomannic Wars simultaneously.