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Stater In the name of Lysimachus
| Issuer | Byzantion (Thrace) |
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| Year | 210 BC - 195 BC |
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| Weight | 8.56 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and heroized head of the deified Alexander the Great facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with richly detailed flowing hair swept back from the forehead and secured by a royal diadem. The effigy bears the horn of Ammon curling above the ear, denoting Alexander's divine association with the Egyptian god Zeus-Ammon. The portraiture is of exceptional sculptural quality, with strong facial features, a prominent nose, and idealized musculature at the neck, all characteristic of the posthumous coinage struck by Lysimachus. The flan is slightly irregular, consistent with hand-hammered production of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left upon a throne, her right hand extending a small Nike (Victory) figure, her left arm resting upon a large round shield adorned with a decorative boss. A long transverse spear is visible in the background behind the goddess, leaning diagonally across the field. The legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ('of King Lysimachus') is disposed in the fields to the left and right of the enthroned figure. A monogram appears in the inner left field, the ethnic ΒΥ (for Byzantion) is placed beneath the throne, and an ornate trident symbol occupies the exergue, serving as the distinctive mint mark of Byzantion. |
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| Mint | Byzantion, modern-day Istanbul, Turkey |
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