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Stater In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Lampsakos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 230 BC |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Lampsacus, Mysia, Turkey |
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By 230 BC, Alexander had been dead nearly a century, yet mints across Asia Minor continued striking in his name and types — a monetary convention so entrenched that it outlasted his successors' own dynastic coinages. Lampsakos, a prosperous city on the Hellespont controlling critical Propontic trade routes, was among the most prolific of these posthumous issuers.
The SNG France 2437 reference places this piece within a well-documented Lampsacene sequence. The city's gold staters are distinguished from other posthumous Alexander issues by specific control marks, which serve as the primary tool for attribution when physical characteristics alone are insufficient.