Byzantion's posthumous gold staters in the name of Lysimachus — struck well over a century after that king's death at Corupedium in 281 BC — reflect the extraordinary staying power of his portrait as a guarantor of monetary credibility across the Aegean world. Dozens of cities issued such posthumous pieces, but Byzantion's versions are distinguished by their civic control marks, catalogued by Marinescu, which allow precise attribution that most unmarked posthumous staters cannot claim.
Marinescu #414 falls within a concentrated emission period coinciding with Byzantion's heavy involvement in Pontic trade networks.
Byzantion's posthumous gold staters in the name of Lysimachus — struck well over a century after that king's death at Corupedium in 281 BC — reflect the extraordinary staying power of his portrait as a guarantor of monetary credibility across the Aegean world. Dozens of cities issued such posthumous pieces, but Byzantion's versions are distinguished by their civic control marks, catalogued by Marinescu, which allow precise attribution that most unmarked posthumous staters cannot claim.
Marinescu #414 falls within a concentrated emission period coinciding with Byzantion's heavy involvement in Pontic trade networks.