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Æ28 - Marcus Aurelius C L I COR
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC IV.1#4653 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, bearded head of Marcus Aurelius facing right, with traces of drapery visible at the truncation of the neck. The emperor's portrait displays the characteristic curly hair and full beard associated with his mature effigy, rendered in the Antonine provincial style. The circumferential Latin legend runs around the obverse field. |
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| Reverse description | Nude Mercury (Hermes) seated to the left on a rocky outcrop, wearing the winged petasus on his head. His extended right hand is held over a ram standing before him, while his left hand holds the caduceus and a chlamys. The composition reflects the syncretic identification of the Roman Mercury with the Greek Hermes, a motif closely associated with Corinth as a major commercial center. The colonial abbreviation appears in the field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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