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Æ28 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | C L I COR (Translation: Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis — Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians) |
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Corinth's status as a Roman colony — refounded by Julius Caesar in 44 BC after lying abandoned for a century following Lucius Mummius's destruction in 146 BC — gave its civic coinage a distinct Latin character unusual among Greek provincial mints. The abbreviation C L I COR, standing for Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, reflects that colonial identity, invoked on bronze issues well into the imperial period.
This piece falls within the co-reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, the first time Rome had operated under two equal Augusti simultaneously.