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Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus
| Issuer | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 250 BC - 190 BC |
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| Weight | 16.84 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of the deified Alexander the Great facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition with characteristically tousled, leonine hair and a prominent diadem. The small ram's horn of Ammon curls just above the right ear, asserting Alexander's divine lineage and his identification with Zeus-Ammon. The portrait is executed with fine sculptural relief, displaying the idealized yet individualized features associated with the posthumous Lysimachean coinage. The field is smooth and unlettered, with no legend on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left on a throne, clad in chiton and aegis, holding aloft a small winged Nike in her extended right hand who appears to crown the royal name; her left arm rests upon a large round shield decorated with a gorgoneion. A long spear is placed transversely behind the goddess. The two-line Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ('of King Lysimachus') flanks the central type. In the exergue, a tunny fish facing left serves as the civic badge of Cyzicus, identifying the mint. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ |
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