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Stater In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Lampsakos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 280 BC - 275 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Nike standing left, her wings spread, holding a wreath in her extended right hand and a stylis (naval standard or ship's stern ornament) in her left hand. In the left field, a forepart of Pegasus left appears above, with mint magistrate monograms below, serving as the mint control marks for the Lampsacus issue. The legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, identifying this as coinage struck in the name of Alexander III. The composition follows the canonical type established by Alexander the Great and continued by successor mints. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Lampsakos was one of the most productive posthumous Alexander mints in the early third century BC, continuing to strike in Alexander's name well after his death in 323 as civic and dynastic authorities across the former empire maintained the coinage's commercial credibility. These issues fall within the contested period of the Diadochi wars, when control of the Hellespontine region shifted between rival successors — Lampsakos itself changed hands more than once between Lysimachus and the Seleucid sphere before settling under Lysimachid authority.
Price 1392–1394 distinguishes the Lampsakos issues by their specific control marks, which allow attribution to this mint with confidence.