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Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Magnesia
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 297 BC - 281 BC |
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| Weight | 16.98 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Magnesia ad Maeandrum |
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Lysimachus, one of Alexander's bodyguards and later king of Thrace, Macedon, and much of Asia Minor, was among the first of the Diadochi to mint coins bearing a deified Alexander's portrait — a calculated political move to legitimize his rule by associating himself directly with Alexander's memory. The Magnesia mint operated under his control following his defeat of Antigonus at Ipsus in 301 BC, which dramatically expanded his territorial reach into western Anatolia.
Lysimachus died at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC, killed by Seleucus I, ending his dynasty in a single afternoon.