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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 | 17.07 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ |
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Lysimachus struck these coins not as straightforward royal currency but as a deliberate political claim — by placing the deified head of Alexander on his coinage, he tied his own legitimacy directly to the Macedonian conquest. He had been one of Alexander's bodyguards and understood exactly what that image was worth. The Magnesia mint operated during the final decade of his reign, a period of near-constant warfare with Seleucus I that ended at Corupedium in 281 BC, where Lysimachus died in battle, making him the last of the major Diadochi to fall on the field.