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Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Kolophon
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 299 BC - 296 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Kolophon |
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Lysimachus began issuing tetradrachms in the name and image of Alexander the Great around 297 BC, a calculated political move to legitimize his rule over territories he had held since the partition of Alexander's empire at Triparadisus in 320 BC. The Kolophon mint, operating on the Ionian coast, was one of several western Asia Minor facilities pressed into service as Lysimachus consolidated control following his defeat of Antigonus at Ipsus in 301 BC. These posthumous Alexander types continued circulating long after Lysimachus's own death at Corupedium in 281 BC, with later kings and cities restruck them for generations.