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Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Alexandreia
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 297 BC - 281 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ |
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| Mint | Alexandreia Troas |
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Lysimachus began issuing coins bearing the deified Alexander's image around 297 BC, a calculated political move — he had actually served under Alexander and understood better than most successors the propaganda weight that name carried. Unlike Ptolemy or Seleucus, who built legitimacy through territory and administration, Lysimachus leaned heavily on his personal connection to the conqueror. These Alexandreia-mint issues belong to the opening phase of that program.
Meadows' "Earliest" classification places this piece among the first systematically attributed emissions from the series, before the coinage fully standardized. Lysimachus died at Corupedium in 281 BC fighting Seleucus — his kingdom dissolved immediately after, with no heir to continue the mint.