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Drachm - Lysimachus
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 323 BC - 281 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑ[ΧΟΥ] |
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| Mintage | ND (323 BC - 281 BC) |
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Lysimachus struck coins bearing Alexander's deified image not out of reverence alone, but as a calculated political move — he was one of the few Diadochi who had actually served as Alexander's personal bodyguard, and leveraging that proximity was essential to legitimizing his claim over Thrace and eventually Asia Minor. The reference numbers here span a considerable range, suggesting this drachm may belong to one of the later civic or posthumous issues continued well after Lysimachus's death at Corupedium in 281 BC, where he fell fighting Seleucus I.