Lysimachus struck tetradrachms bearing the deified image of Alexander throughout his reign, a calculated political move to legitimize his control over Macedon and Thrace by associating himself with Alexander's divine authority. Amphipolis, long the dominant mint of the Macedonian kingdom, was the primary production center for this posthumous Alexander coinage after Lysimachus seized Macedon in 288 BC following the defeat of Demetrius Poliorcetes.
The series ended abruptly at Corupedium in 281 BC, where Lysimachus fell in battle against Seleucus I — the last of the Diadochi to die sword in hand. The Meydancikkale hoard reference places examples of this type in Cilicia, evidence of how broadly this coinage circulated across the eastern Mediterranean.
Lysimachus struck tetradrachms bearing the deified image of Alexander throughout his reign, a calculated political move to legitimize his control over Macedon and Thrace by associating himself with Alexander's divine authority. Amphipolis, long the dominant mint of the Macedonian kingdom, was the primary production center for this posthumous Alexander coinage after Lysimachus seized Macedon in 288 BC following the defeat of Demetrius Poliorcetes.
The series ended abruptly at Corupedium in 281 BC, where Lysimachus fell in battle against Seleucus I — the last of the Diadochi to die sword in hand. The Meydancikkale hoard reference places examples of this type in Cilicia, evidence of how broadly this coinage circulated across the eastern Mediterranean.