Æ27 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR

Corinth's provincial bronze issues under Marcus Aurelius reflect the city's peculiar administrative status — refounded as a Roman colonia by Julius Caesar in 44 BC, it remained technically a Latin colony on Greek soil for centuries, which explains the Latin colonial titulature that appears on this and related issues rather than the Greek legends typical of neighboring Achaean mints. The colony's magistrates, not Rome, controlled local bronze production, making output irregular and tied to municipal finances.

BCD Corinth IV.1 #4651 places this piece within a well-documented but chronologically loose sequence across the nineteen-year reign.