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Stater In the name of Lysimachus
| Issuer | Byzantion (Thrace) |
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| Year | 175 BC - 150 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Marinescu#290, Müller Lysimachus#153, SNG Copenhagen#1088, Westmoreland#71, HGC 3.2#1382 |
| Obverse description | Bare, diademed head of the deified Alexander III (the Great) facing right, rendered in the idealized Hellenistic portrait style with flowing, tousled hair swept back from the forehead. The effigy bears the small curling horn of Ammon at the temple, signifying Alexander's divine association with the Egyptian god Zeus-Ammon, as established following his visit to the oracle at Siwa. The portrait displays finely modeled facial features with a prominent brow, strong nose, and slightly parted lips, characteristic of the posthumous coinage struck in Alexander's name by the Diadochi. No legend appears on the obverse field. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left upon a throne, depicted in the role of goddess of victory, holding a small Nike (winged Victory figure) in her extended right hand and resting her left arm upon a large round shield decorated at her side. A long transverse spear is visible in the background behind the figure. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ('of King Lysimachus') runs along the right field. A monogram appears to the inner left of the seated figure, the ethnic abbreviation ΒΥ (for Byzantion) is placed below the throne, and an ornate trident — the civic symbol of Byzantion — occupies the exergue. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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