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Drachm - Lysimachus Magnesia
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 299 BC - 296 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Lysimachus began striking coins in the name and types of Alexander III shortly after 300 BC, a deliberate political move to position himself as the legitimate heir to Alexander's Macedonian legacy in the ongoing wars of the Diadochi. The Magnesia mint, active under his control during this narrow window, produced issues that scholars distinguish from contemporaneous Lampsacus and Colophon output primarily through die linkage studies and subtle mint marks.
Price's corpus remains the foundational reference for separating these posthumous Alexander types by mint and date, with L32 and L33 representing a tightly clustered group from this brief production period.