Æ27 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR

Corinth's colonial status under Rome gave its civic mint an unusual degree of activity during the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus — the first time Rome had operated under two co-emperors of genuinely equal standing. The city had been refounded by Julius Caesar in 44 BC as Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, and that colonial identity persisted on its bronze issues for over two centuries, accounting for the Latin legends that distinguish Corinthian provincials from the Greek-inscribed output of most Achaean cities.

BCD Corinth IV.1 #5182 is among the more precisely catalogued pieces from this reign, a series that spans only the first eight years before Lucius Verus's death in 169 AD ended the experiment in dual rule.