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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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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and heroic effigy of the deified Alexander III facing right, adorned with the small horn of Ammon curling above the ear, identifying him as the son of Zeus-Ammon. The portrait displays thick, flowing locks rendered with great plasticity and Hellenistic artistic refinement. A diadem is tied around the head with the ends visible behind the neck. The field is plain, with no legend on the obverse, in keeping with the posthumous Lysimachean coinage tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros, helmeted and draped, seated left upon a throne decorated with ornamental carvings, her left arm resting on a large round shield set against the throne, a transverse spear visible in the background. In her extended right hand she holds a Nike presenting a wreath. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ runs along the upper and right fields. A monogram appears in the inner left field, the civic letters BY are inscribed on the throne, and an ornamented trident is displayed prominently in the exergue, serving as the civic symbol of Byzantion. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ΒΥ |
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