Stater In the name of Lysimachus

By the mid-second century BC, Lysimachus had been dead for over a century, yet his image continued to circulate on gold staters issued by cities across the Greek world seeking monetary credibility. Byzantion was among the most persistent issuers of these posthumous types — the city's position commanding the Bosphorus made reliable, recognizable gold coinage a commercial necessity, and the Lysimachean standard carried weight with merchants from the Black Sea to the Aegean.

Marinescu's catalog documents significant variation among the Byzantion issues, with #384 representing a relatively late phase of production in this series.