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Drachm - Lysimachus Teos
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 299 BC - 296 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Teos |
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Lysimachus struck coins bearing the deified image of Alexander the Great as a deliberate political claim — he had been one of Alexander's bodyguards and used that proximity to legitimize his rule over Thrace. The Teos mint, an Ionian city he controlled after the wars of the Diadochi fractured the empire, was active for only a narrow window before shifting allegiances disrupted production. Lysimachus was killed at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, and his kingdom dissolved almost immediately, making his mint attributions particularly finite and traceable.