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| Issuer | Lampsakos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 387 BC - 334 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Lampsakos |
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Lampsakos held a privileged position on the Hellespont that made it indispensable to anyone controlling grain traffic between the Black Sea and the Aegean — first the Persians, then briefly the Spartans after the King's Peace of 387 BC, and ultimately Macedon after Alexander's crossing in 334 BC. The city's gold staters funded that strategic reality directly, likely circulating as payment within the networks of commanders and satraps who rotated through the region during these five decades of shifting hegemony.
The blank catalog references suggest this piece has not been matched to a published die study — not unusual for Lampsakene gold, where the sheer variety of types has outpaced systematic scholarship.