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ID:
73000702
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
CORINTH
City:
Corinth
Issuer:
Marcus Aurelius
Date Ruled:
AD 161-180
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
AE 27
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
161-180
Diameter:
27 mm
Weight:
12.65 g
Die Axis:
3 h
Obverse Legend:
M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Obverse Description:
Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Reverse Description:
The Acrocorinth: Temple of Aphrodite on precipitous hill, two shrines and tree at base
Primary Reference:
BCD Corinth 71 (placement of reverse legend)
Reference2:
SNG Cop -
Reference3:
SNG Hunterian 465 (same dies)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=91186
Grade:
Good VF, red-brown patina, light smoothing
Notes:
Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 702 Rare and an exceptional architectural type. Ex KÜnker 111 (18 March 2006), lot 6802.Sacked by the consul Lucius Mummius in 146 BC, Corinth was refounded by Julius Caesar as a Roman colony in 44 BC, shortly before his assassination. The most significant feature of the city was its acropolis, known as the Acrocorinth, a formidable natural fortress that dominated the southern Isthmus of Corinth, thus controlling the only land route into the Peloponnesus.
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