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Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Herakleia
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 288 BC - 281 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ |
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Lysimachus began issuing tetradrachms in Alexander's name and with the deified Alexander obverse as a deliberate political instrument — asserting legitimacy through association with his former commander rather than on his own authority. The shift to coins bearing his own name and the deified Alexander with the ram's horn came later, as his grip on Thrace, Asia Minor, and eventually Macedon consolidated. These Herakleia-mint pieces fall within the final years of his reign, before his death at Corupedium in 281 BC fighting Seleucus I.
Herakleia Pontica operated under his control from around 288 BC following the execution of its dynast Clearchus II.