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Tetradrachm - Lysimachos Lydia
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 305 BC - 281 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (305 BC - 281 BC) |
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Lysimachos struck these coins not as a king until 305 BC, when — along with Ptolemy, Kassandros, and Seleukos — he adopted the royal title in response to Antigonos I declaring himself basileus. The posthumous portrait of Alexander on the obverse was a deliberate political claim: Lysimachos had been one of Alexander's personal bodyguards and used that proximity to legitimize his authority over Thrace and western Asia Minor. He was one of the last surviving Diadochi when he died at the Battle of Korupedion in 281 BC, defeated by Seleukos.
These tetradrachms were so widely trusted in trade that posthumous issues continued circulating — and being minted — for well over a century after his death.