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Tetradrachm - Lysimachos
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 280 BC - 270 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Thompson, Lysimachus |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left on a throne, wearing a crested helmet and aegis, holding a small Nike figure in her extended right hand and resting her left arm on a large round shield; a spear leans against her left shoulder. In the left field, the monogram of Lysimachos appears above the legend ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, with ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ running along the right field. A control symbol appears in the exergue. The composition is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ K |
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Lysimachos died at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, defeated by Seleucus I, yet his coinage kept circulating and being struck in his name for decades afterward. Cities across Asia Minor and Thrace continued issuing tetradrachms bearing his type well into the second century BC — a posthumous currency so widespread and trusted that it functionally outlasted his kingdom by generations.
Thompson's corpus remains the standard reference, identifying issues by mint city, monogram, and control marks rather than by ruler, since no living king was authorizing these coins.