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Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus
| Issuer | Byzantion (Thrace) |
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| Year | 150 BC - 120 BC |
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| Weight | 16.89 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of the deified Alexander III (the Great) facing right, rendered in the heroic Hellenistic portrait style with flowing, voluminous hair swept back from the forehead. A prominent horn of Ammon curls behind the right ear, denoting Alexander's claimed divine descent from Zeus-Ammon. The portrait is boldly struck in high relief with fine engraving detail in the hair, consistent with the posthumous coinage tradition perpetuated by Lysimachus. No legend appears on the obverse; the field is otherwise plain. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left on a throne, her right hand extending forward and her left arm resting on a large round shield set against the seat; a transverse spear rises diagonally in the background behind her. A small Nike figurine is held in her right hand, symbolising victory. The legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ runs around the upper and outer field, identifying the issuing royal authority. The civic monogram of Byzantion appears in the inner left field, the letters ΒΥ are inscribed on the throne, and an ornamented trident — the distinctive civic badge of Byzantion — occupies the exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ΒΥ |
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