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Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus
| Issuer | Byzantion (Thrace) |
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| Year | 150 BC - 120 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of the deified Alexander III (the Great) facing right, portrayed with the ram's horn of Ammon curling behind his ear, conferring divine status. The hair is rendered in flowing, deeply cut locks swept back from the forehead in the characteristic Lysimachean style, with fine strands framing the face. The portraiture is of high artistic quality, displaying the idealised heroic features associated with posthumous Alexander types. No legend appears on the obverse, the field being entirely devoted to the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left on a throne adorned with decorative elements, her left arm resting on a large round shield set on the ground beside her, a long transverse spear visible in the background field. She holds a small Nike in her extended right hand. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ('of King Lysimachus') runs along the right and left vertical fields respectively. A monogram appears to the inner left field, the civic abbreviation BY is inscribed on the throne, and an ornamented trident occupies the exergue, serving as the distinctive Byzantion mint control mark. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ΒΥ |
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