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Stater In the name of Lysimachus
| Issuer | Byzantion (Thrace) |
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| Year | 210 BC - 195 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and heroized head of the deified Alexander III facing right, rendered with finely engraved flowing locks and a royal diadem; the distinctive horn of Ammon curls behind the ear, asserting Alexander's divine status as son of Zeus-Ammon. The portrait is executed in a high-relief Hellenistic style, with individualized facial features and naturalistic musculature characteristic of late-period Lysimachan coinage. The field is plain, with no legend on the obverse, the portrait filling the flan to the very edges. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left upon a throne, her right hand extending forward holding a small Nike (Victory), her left arm resting upon a large round shield set at her side; a long transverse spear rises diagonally in the background behind her. The royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ('of King Lysimachus') runs along the right and upper fields, while the Byzantion civic monogram appears to the inner left of the goddess and the letters ΒΥ (abbreviation for Byzantion) are inscribed below the throne. An ornate trident, the civic emblem of Byzantion, occupies the exergue, serving as the principal mint mark distinguishing this issue. |
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| Mintage | ND (210 BC - 195 BC) |
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