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ID:
3316257
Type:
Greek
Region:
THRACIAN KINGS AND DYNASTS
Issuer:
Lysimachos
Date Ruled:
323-281 BC
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
301-297 BC
Diameter:
27 mm
Weight:
16.76 g
Die Axis:
12 h
Obverse Description:
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse Legend:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
Reverse Description:
Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, both feet on footstool, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; in left field, forepart of lion left above crescent; pentagram below throne
Mint:
Colophon
Primary Reference:
Price L23
Reference2:
Muller L019
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Source:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3316257
Grade:
aEF
Notes:
Kolophon began to issue coinage for Lysimachos in 302 BC, following its capitulation to Prepelaos, a general of Kassander who was fighting for his Thracian ally against Demetrios I Poliorketes. In 296 BC, shortly after it began to issue the new Lysimachos type coinage, Kolophon resisted Thracian rule, probably at the instigation of Demetrios, who was preparing to bring his army to Asia Minor from Greece. Kolophon and Smyrna joined forces in an engagement against Lysimachos, but were unsuccessful, the result of which Kolophon was destroyed, and a large part of its population relocated to Ephesos.
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