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Stater
| Issuer | Lampsakos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 387 BC - 334 BC |
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| Weight | 8.43 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (387 BC - 334 BC) |
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Lampsakos held a privileged position on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, and its gold staters were among the most trusted trade coins circulating between the Aegean and the Black Sea during the fourth century BC. The city's mint operated under Persian suzerainty for much of this period, yet the coinage maintained a consistent weight standard that made it acceptable far beyond the immediate region.
The chronological bracket of this issue ends sharply in 334 BC — the year Alexander crossed the Hellespont. Lampsakos surrendered without resistance, and the city's independent monetary output effectively ceased as Macedonian administrative control absorbed the Hellespontine mints.