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Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Magnesia
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 297 BC - 281 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left upon a throne decorated with an ornamental device, holding in her extended right hand a winged Nike who crowns the royal name in the legend above; her left arm rests upon a large round shield adorned with a lion's head boss. A transverse spear leans behind the throne, and a monogram appears above a trident symbol to the inner left field. The royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ is disposed in two lines flanking the central device, identifying the issuing authority as King Lysimachus. |
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| Mint | Magnesia ad Maeandrum |
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Lysimachus began issuing tetradrachms in Alexander's name and with his deified image shortly after 301 BC, following the Battle of Ipsus — a calculated political move to legitimize his expanded control over western Asia Minor. The Magnesia mint, one of several activated under his reorganized kingdom, struck this type during the final decade of his reign before he was killed at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, the last of the original Diadochi to fall in battle.
Posthumous issues using identical types flooded the market for generations afterward, making mint attribution critical. The Magnesia attribution rests on specific die linkages and control marks documented by Thompson's foundational study.