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Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus
| Issuer | Byzantion (Thrace) |
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| Year | 175 BC - 150 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (175 BC - 150 BC) |
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Byzantion struck posthumous tetradrachms in the name of Lysimachus for well over a century after his death at Corupedium in 281 BC — a commercial decision, not a dynastic one. The type carried enormous trust in Black Sea and Aegean trade networks, and cities like Byzantion exploited that credibility long after the man himself was gone. By the mid-second century, these coins functioned essentially as a regional trade currency, their issuing city less important to merchants than the familiar type on the flan.
Marinescu's die study distinguishes the Byzantion civic issues from contemporaneous output at Lysimacheia and other continuation mints by magistrate monograms and control marks specific to the city.