The Pythian-Actian Games
408, Lot: 311. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Perinthus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (42mm, 37.95 g, 7h). Struck circa 215. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear over shoulder; aegis on breastplate / ΠЄPINΘЄIΩN/ AKTIA ΠVΘI/A/ NЄΩKOPΩ/N, two temples seen in perspective; above, two agonistic crowns, each with palm. Schönert,
Perinthos 601; Varbanov 3887. VF, green patina, minor roughness, patina chipped around edge. Artistic bust.
Perinthos hosted the combined Pythian-Actian Games in Caracalla’s honor as the emperor made his way east to campaign against the Persians.