Æ28 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR

Corinth's colonial mint was unusual among Greek city mints under the Principate — it operated under direct Roman colonial administration rather than civic authority, which gave it a quasi-official character distinct from the autonomous issues of nearby Achean cities. Production under Marcus Aurelius at Corinth aligns with a period of renewed provincial activity following the Antonine reorganization of Greek civic coinages in the 160s.

The reference IV.1#5141 places this within the Roman Provincial Coinage corpus. Corinth's bronze output under Marcus Aurelius is relatively well-documented but not abundant in high-quality survivors, owing to active circulation in a heavily trafficked port city.