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Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Lampsacus
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 297 BC - 281 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left upon a throne, wearing helmet and aegis, holding a small winged Nike in her extended right hand who crowns the royal legend; her left arm rests upon a large round shield decorated with a lion's head boss. A long spear leans against her left shoulder. The legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above and ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ below frames the central type. In the inner left field, a monogram composed of the letters HP appears; on the throne seat, either a star or crescent serves as a secondary control mark distinguishing emission varieties. |
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| Mintage | ND (297 BC - 281 BC) - crescent - ND (297 BC - 281 BC) - star - |
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Lysimachus struck these coins in the name and image of Alexander the Great as a deliberate political claim — he had served as one of Alexander's seven personal bodyguards and used that association aggressively to legitimize his rule over Thrace after the Wars of the Diadochi. Lampsacus, sitting on the Hellespont, was a mint of particular strategic value: its position controlling the straits made it central to Lysimachus's ambitions in both Europe and Asia Minor.
He died at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, killed by Seleucus I, ending Thracian royal coinage at this mint abruptly. Production at Lampsacus spans nearly the entire length of his reign.