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Stater - Lysimachus Alexandreia Troas
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 297 BC - 281 BC |
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| Value | Gold Stater (20) |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left on a throne, draped, wearing a crested helmet, her right hand extended to support a small Nike who crowns her, and her left arm resting on a large round shield propped against the throne. A spear leans diagonally behind her. The legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to the left and ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ to the right flanks the central type in Greek majuscule letters. A monogram appears in the left field, and an anchor symbol is visible in the exergue, serving as a mint or magistrate control mark consistent with the Alexandreia Troas issue. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Lysimachus struck gold staters in the name and types of Alexander III throughout his reign, a deliberate political calculation: Alexander's image conferred legitimacy that Lysimachus' own portrait could not yet command. The Alexandreia Troas mint, established in the northwestern Troad, was one of several regional facilities activated to fund the continuous military campaigning that defined his rule over Thrace and Asia Minor.
Lysimachus was killed at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, the last of the Diadochi to fall in open battle. Issues from this mint cease with that event.