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Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Perinthus, Thrace
Originally founded as one of four Panhellenic Games during the sixth century BC, the first Pythian Games were said to have been held by Apollo in penance for the killing of Python at Delphi. With gymnastic, athletic, music, and poetry competitions, the games evolved to display the very best of Graeco-Roman culture and traditionally drew visitors from across the empire. Illustrated on the reverse of this coin is the agonistic table showing the victors' prizes: two victory crowns, representing the Action and Pythian Games, the two local contests held in the city of Perinthus. Traditionally made of bay leaves, which were sacred to Apollo, the leaves for the crowns were taken from the sacred tree in the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly. Between them are two palm fronds, and below, apples and an amphora.RP89887. Bronze tetrassarion, CN Online Perinthos CN_2725 (same dies); Schönert-Geiss Perinthos 501 (same); Varbanov III 197 (R4); BMC Thrace p. 151, 31; SNG Cop -; SNG Hunter -, aVF, well centered on a tight flan, toned bare metal, edge crack, central depressions, Heraclea Perinthos (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey) mint, weight 11.303g, maximum diameter 28.3mm, die axis 180o, 196 - 211 A.D.; obverse AY KΛ CEΠ CEYHPOC Π, laureate head right; reverse AKTIA ΠYΘIA (clockwise above), two palm fronds between two agonistic prize urns on a rectangular table with lion's paw feet, five drawing pebbles and amphora below the table, ΠEPINΘIΩN / NEΩKOPΩN in in two lines in exergue ; ex Savoca Numismatik auction 30 (27 Jan 2019), lot 225; scarce; SOLD
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