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Æ22 - Augustus Caesar
| Issuer | Corinth |
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| Year | 10 BC - 4 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A Latin colonial inscription arranged in five horizontal lines within a wreath, identifying the colony of Corinth and the office of the duoviri. The wreath, tied at the base, frames the abbreviated legend in a composition typical of Roman colonial civic bronzes of the Augustan period. The plain field surrounding the wreath is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | ND (10 BC - 4 BC) - `M ANT HIPPARC` left of the portrait; `M NOVIO BASSO` right of the portrait - ND (10 BC - 4 BC) - `M ANT HIPPARC` right of the portrait; `M NOVIO BASSO` left of the portrait - |
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Corinth in the Augustan period was not the ancient Greek city but a Roman colonial refoundation — Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, established by Julius Caesar in 44 BC and repopulated largely with freedmen from Rome and Italy. The colonial administration maintained the right to strike its own bronze coinage, and issues spanning the late first century BC show a sustained effort to align local civic identity with imperial ideology. RPC I 1134 falls within a group of Corinthian bronzes whose precise dating remains contested, anchored primarily by magistrate names appearing across overlapping series.