Æ27 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR

Corinth's colonial coinage under the Antonines occupies an unusual administrative position — the city was a Roman colonia, not a Greek polis, meaning its bronze issues functioned within a Latin civic framework even while surrounding Achaean cities struck coins in the Greek tradition. The magistrate abbreviation C L I COR on this piece stands for Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, the formal title Caesar Augustus granted when he refounded the city in 44 BC after more than a century of deliberate abandonment following Mummius's destruction in 146 BC.