Tetradrachm - Lysimachus In the name of Alexander III, Smyrna

Lysimachus, who ruled Thrace after serving as one of Alexander's bodyguards, made the politically calculated decision to strike coinage in Alexander's name rather than his own — a practice he maintained for decades as a way of borrowing the dead conqueror's legitimacy. The Smyrna mint was brought under his control following his victories in western Asia Minor, and issues from this facility fall within the final years of his reign before his death at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC against Seleucus I.

Price 2246 is attributed to Smyrna on the basis of specific control marks.