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Æ27 - Commodus C L I CoR
| Issuer | Roman Colony of Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 177-192 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Turreted figure of Fortuna-Tyche, patroness of the city, standing facing at left, holding a long sceptre in her extended hand and resting the other arm on her hip in a relaxed contrapposto pose. To the right of the central figure stands a military trophy, composed of arms and armour arranged upon a post, symbolising Roman martial victory. The composition reflects the dual civic and imperial iconography common to Corinthian colonial coinage of the Antonine period. The reverse legend C L I CoR, abbreviated in the field, identifies the issuing authority as the Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show encrustation consistent with a long burial history. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Corinth's colonial coinage under Commodus was produced by a city that had been refounded as Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis by Julius Caesar in 44 BC — placed deliberately on the ruins of the Greek city destroyed by Mummius in 146 BC. By the Antonine period, the colony had developed a robust local bronze coinage that operated entirely outside the imperial silver system, struck on civic authority rather than imperial mandate. The abbreviation C L I CoR in the reference encodes that full colonial title compressed into four letters.