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Stater In the name of Lysimachus
| Issuer | Byzantion (Thrace) |
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| Year | 240 BC - 230 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left on a throne, wearing a crested helmet and draped in a chiton and himation, her left arm resting on a large round shield decorated with a gorgoneion. In her outstretched right hand she holds a Nike figure crowning the royal name. A long spear rests diagonally behind her. The vertical legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ is divided to either side of the enthroned figure, reading right to left on the right and left to right on the left field. A monogram or mint control mark appears in the left field below the extended arm, consistent with Byzantion issues of this period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Byzantion's posthumous issues in the name of Lysimachus — struck roughly half a century after his death at Corupedium in 281 BC — reflect the city's calculated use of a prestigious monetary identity rather than any dynastic loyalty. By the mid-third century, Lysimachus coinage had become effectively an international trade currency across the northern Aegean and Black Sea regions, and Byzantion, controlling the Bosphorus toll, had every commercial reason to perpetuate the type. The city was not alone; dozens of mints across Thrace and Asia Minor issued under his name long after the Diadochi wars had settled.