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Æ27 - Marcus Aurelius [C L I] COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
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| Weight | 12.12 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Chimaera, the mythological fire-breathing hybrid creature of Corinthian legend, depicted walking to the right in the field. The beast displays a lion's body with a goat's head rising from its back and a serpentine tail, rendered in a compact provincial style consistent with Roman colonial bronze issues of Corinth. The abbreviated colonial legend appears in the field, referencing the Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis. The type alludes directly to the founding myth of Corinth through the hero Bellerophon's defeat of the Chimaera. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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