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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Lysimacheia| > GB71306
Lysimacheia, Thracian Chersonese, c. 225 - 198 B.C.
|Lysimacheia|, |Lysimacheia,| |Thracian| |Chersonese,| |c.| |225| |-| |198| |B.C.|, Lysimachia was built by Lysimachus in 309 B.C., when he was preparing for his last struggle with his rivals; for the new city, being situated on the isthmus, commanded the road from Sestos to the north and the mainland of Thrace. To obtain inhabitants for his new city, Lysimachus destroyed the neighboring town of Cardia, the birthplace of the historian Hieronymus, and settled the inhabitants of it and other Chersonese cities here. Lysimachus no doubt made Lysimachia the capital of his kingdom and it must have rapidly risen to great splendor and prosperity.
GB71306. Bronze AE 11, Lindgren II 874, SNG Cop 920, HGC 3.2 1503 (S), BMC Thrace -, VF, some corrosion, Lysimacheia (Eksemil, Turkey) mint, weight 0.814g, maximum diameter 10.7mm, die axis 0o, c. 225 - 198 B.C.; obverse lion head right; reverse stalk of barley, Λ-Y flanking across field; scarce; SOLD










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