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Tetradrachm - Lysimachos
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 281 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of the deified Alexander III the Great facing right, rendered in the idealized Hellenistic style with flowing, leonine hair swept back from the forehead. A prominent curling horn of Ammon emerges just above the ear, signifying Alexander's divine association with the Egyptian deity Zeus-Ammon. The diadem is tied at the back with trailing ends visible in the hair. The portrait is finely engraved with strong facial modeling, displaying the characteristic upward gaze and slightly parted lips associated with Alexander's official iconography. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Lysimachos died at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, defeated and killed by Seleucus I — making this issue a coin struck in what was almost certainly the final year of his reign. The posthumous continuation of his coinage by successor states, particularly in Asia Minor, means dating individual specimens to his lifetime rather than after requires careful attention to die linkages and mint attribution. This specific reference places it within the Thompson corpus, the foundational die study for Lysimachos silver.