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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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| Obverse description | Diademed head of the deified Alexander III (the Great) facing right, portrayed in a refined Hellenistic style with flowing, elaborately rendered curls framing the face. The small curved horn of Ammon emerges discreetly from behind the diadem above the ear, signifying Alexander's divine association with the Egyptian god Zeus-Ammon. The portrait is struck in high relief with fine detail in the hair and facial features, conveying both idealized youth and divine authority. No legend or inscription appears on the obverse field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lysimachus began issuing gold staters in the name and types of Alexander the Great around 297 BC, a calculated political move to align himself with Macedonian legitimacy during the wars of the Diadochi. Alexandreia Troas, founded as a synoikism of several smaller settlements in the Troad, served as one of his western Anatolian mints during this period. The Meadows Earliest#35 reference places this among the earlier attributions in the Alexandreia Troas sequence, a mint whose output for Lysimachus remains relatively limited compared to Lampsakos or Pella.