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| Issuer | Byzantion (Thrace) |
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| Year | 190 BC - 175 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left on a throne, her right hand extended and holding a small Nike, while her left arm rests upon a large round shield set against the side of the throne; a transverse spear rises diagonally in the background behind her. The royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ runs in two lines flanking the figure, identifying the issuing authority as King Lysimachus. A monogram appears in the inner left field as a mint control mark, the letters ΒΥ (abbreviation for Byzantion) are placed below the throne, and an ornate trident occupies the exergue as the principal civic symbol of Byzantion. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ΒΥ |
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| Mint | Byzantion, modern-day Istanbul, Turkey |
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