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Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Lampsakos
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 297 BC - 281 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ |
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Lysimachus never claimed to be a god while alive — but he understood the political utility of associating with one. These tetradrachms, struck at Lampsakos on the Hellespont, bear the deified image of Alexander the Great as a legitimizing device, a calculated assertion that Lysimachus stood in direct succession to Macedonian authority over Asia Minor. Lampsakos itself was a strategically vital mint city, controlling the narrow crossing between Europe and Asia, and its output under Lysimachus was substantial.
Lysimachus died at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, defeated by Seleucus I. His coinage continued circulating and being imitated for generations afterward — a rare case where a dead king's money outlasted his kingdom by centuries.