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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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| Mint | Lampsacus |
| Mintage | ND (297 BC - 281 BC) |
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Lysimachus struck these tetradrachms in his own name only after 305 BC, when he — along with Cassander, Ptolemy, and Seleucus — formally assumed the title of king following Antigonus's self-proclamation. The Lampsacus mint was one of his most productive, positioned strategically on the Hellespont to fund his continuous wars in Thrace and Asia Minor. His defeat and death at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, at the hands of Seleucus I, ended the issue abruptly.
Posthumous issues bearing his types were struck well into the 2nd century BC by various cities seeking the commercial credibility his coinage had earned.