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Æ27 - Marcus Aurelius [H]EST[I]A C L I COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Corinthian colonial coinage. The laureate wreath is visible atop the imperial effigy, with paludamentum and cuirass details discernible on the truncation. The surrounding legend, partly erroneous in its original engraving, runs along the periphery of the flan. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, consistent with provincial bronze coinage of the Antonine period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, depicted facing front atop a raised base, with her head turned to the left. She is adorned with what appears to be a mural crown, an attribute befitting a tutelary deity of a Roman colonial city. In her extended right hand she holds a patera, used for libations, while her left hand raises a long sceptre or spear. The composition reflects the standard iconographic conventions of colonial Corinthian bronze issues of the Antonine period, with the abbreviated colonial legend distributed in the field. |
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