Æ27 - Marcus Aurelius [H]EST[I]A C L I COR

Corinth by the Antonine period was a Roman colony — Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis — refounded by Julius Caesar in 44 BC on the site of the city Lucius Mummius had razed to rubble in 146 BC. The colonial magistrates retained the right to strike bronze coinage, and issues under Marcus Aurelius reflect a city administratively Latin in character but operating in a thoroughly Greek environment. The fragmentary legend reading [H]EST[I]A C L I COR identifies both the deity and the issuing colonial authority — Colonia Laus Iulia (or Iulia) Corinthiensis — a combination that appears across a small cluster of types in RPC IV.