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Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus
| Issuer | Kalchedon (Bithynia) |
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| Year | 175 BC - 150 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of the deified Alexander III right, portrayed with the ram's horn of Ammon curling behind the ear, identifying him as son of Zeus-Ammon. The effigy exhibits the characteristic flowing, leonine hair rendered in deeply cut strands radiating from the crown, with fine die work capturing the idealized portrait style associated with posthumous Lysimachean coinage. The surface of the flan shows characteristic die wear consistent with a long-circulating issue. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (175 BC - 150 BC) |
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Kalchedon, positioned at the mouth of the Bosphorus, controlled one of the ancient world's most strategically valuable toll points, and its coinage reflects that commercial weight. Long after Lysimachus died at Corupedium in 281 BC, his image continued to circulate as a trusted monetary brand across the Black Sea and Aegean trade networks — a posthumous franchise adopted by dozens of mints that had no political connection to his original kingdom.
Marinescu's corpus identifies this specific Kalchedonian issue by its magistrate controls and die links. The mid-second century date places production squarely within Bithynian commercial expansion under Prusias II.