Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus

Byzantion struck coins in the name of Lysimachus well after his death at Corupedium in 281 BC — a deliberate political choice, not an oversight. By invoking the dead king's authority, the city leveraged the extraordinary prestige his posthumous coinage had accumulated across the Greek world. These issues were effectively trade currency, trusted in Black Sea and Aegean markets precisely because the Lysimachan type had become a recognized monetary standard. Marinescu's classification distinguishes Byzantion's output from the broader posthumous series by specific die and monogram details particular to that mint.