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Æ27 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | C L I COR (Translation: Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis — Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Corinth's colonial coinage under the Antonines operated under the authority of the Roman colony established by Julius Caesar in 44 BC — a city rebuilt from scratch on the ruins of the Greek polis destroyed by Mummius in 146 BC. By Marcus Aurelius's reign, the colony had been issuing Latin-legend bronzes for over two centuries, a practice that distinguished it sharply from the Greek-legend civic issues of neighboring Achaean cities. The magistrate abbreviation C L I COR — Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis — encodes that Caesarian foundation directly into the coin's authority line.