Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Amphipolis

Lysimachus began issuing coins bearing the deified portrait of Alexander III around 297 BC, a calculated political move to legitimize his kingship by associating his rule with Alexander's unassailable prestige. The Amphipolis mint, a major Macedonian production center with deep roots in Athenian colonial history, struck these tetradrachms during the final years of Lysimachus's reign — the same turbulent period in which he executed his own son Agathocles on suspicion of treason, a decision that fractured his coalition and ultimately drove Seleucus I to invade. Lysimachus died at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, and production ceased abruptly.