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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Greek Coins| ▸ |Geographic - All Periods| ▸ |Thrace & Moesia| ▸ |Lysimacheia||View Options:   | | | Lysimachia was built by Lysimachus in 309 B.C., when he was preparing for the 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. |
Ptolemaic influence was strong in Thrace during this time. The silver tetradrachms of Byzantium were struck on a Ptolemaic standard. The veiled head of "Demeter" may be that of Arsinoe II, wife of Lysimachos.GP22445. Bronze AE 22, SNG Cop 905, HGC 3.2 1497 (R1), cf. BMC Thrace 6, VF, dark green patina, large flan for the type, weight 4.777 g, maximum diameter 21.7 mm, die axis 0o, Lysimacheia (Eksemil, Turkey) mint, c. 245 - 225 B.C.; obverse veiled head of Demeter right, wreathed in grain; reverse ΛYΣIMAXEΩN, Nike standing left, crowning ethnic with wreath in right hand, palm frond in left hand; rare; SOLD
Lysimacheia, Thracian Chersonese, c. 225 - 198 B.C.
Lysimachia was built by Lysimachus in 309 B.C. On the isthmus, it commanded the road from Sestos and mainland Thrace. To obtain inhabitants for his new city, Lysimachus destroyed neighboring Cardia and settled the inhabitants of it and other Chersonese cities here. Lysimachus made Lysimachia the capital of his kingdom and it must have rapidly risen to great splendor and prosperity.GB54953. Bronze AE 22, SNG Cop 906; HGC 3.2 1498 (R1); BMC Thrace p. 238, 6a var. (control); Lindgren II 870 var. (same); SNG UK -; SNG Aarhus -; SNG Bar -, VF, weight 9.000 g, maximum diameter 21.5 mm, die axis 270o, Lysimacheia (Eksemil, Turkey) mint, c. 225 - 198 B.C.; obverse veiled head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain; reverse ΛYΣIMA/XEΩN in two lines, kerykeion (control) right below, all within wreath of barley; obscure countermark; very rare; SOLD
Lysimacheia, Thracian Chersonese, c. 245 - 240 B.C.
About 250 B.C. the Seleukid king Antiochos II invaded Thrace. About 245 B.C., after Antiochos was defeated, Lysimachia overstruck his bronze coins en mass, undoubtedly re-monetizing the demonetized Seleukid coins for a fee.
The Antiochos II undertype obverse was the diademed head of Apollo right. The reverse, a tripod above anchor, BASILEWS right, ANTIOXOY left, monograms outer left and right. Although traditionally attributed to Sardes, Houghton and Lorber suggest it may have been struck in Thrace.GB111735. Bronze AE 19, MacDonald Overstruck p. 117 - 118, 91; cf. SNG Cop 917; BMC Thrace p. 195, 4; HGC 3.2 1500 (S); undertype: Houghton-Lorber I pp. 185, 525 ff., aVF, green patina, overstruck with strong undertype effects, weight 4.885 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 0o, Lysimacheia (Eksemil, Turkey) mint, c. 245 - 240 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress; undertype: traces of inscription, feet of tripod and anchor remain; reverse ΛYΣIMAXIΩN, Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm branch; undertype: strong face of Apollo remains; SOLD
Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos, 305 - 281 B.C.
A story popular in Roman times told that Alexander punished Lysimachus, for trying to help Callisthenes, by locking him in a cage with a lion. Callisthenes, a historian who criticized Alexander's adoption of Persian customs (particularly that he be regarded as a god), had been accused of treason and imprisoned (where he later died, possibly from torture). Lysimachus killed the beast by tearing out its tongue (Justin 15.3). In Plutarch's Life of Demetrius, Lysimachus exposes his scars to ambassadors "and told them of the battle he had fought with the beast when Alexander had shut him up in a cage with it" (Plutarch Demetr. 27).GB87760. Bronze AE 20, SNG Cop 1153, Müller 76, SNG Tüb 963, Winterthur 1331, HGC 3.2 1758, F, light corrosion, crowded flan, weight 4.405 g, maximum diameter 19.5 mm, die axis 0o, Thracian Chersonese, Lysimacheia (Eksemil, Turkey) mint, 305 - 300 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena right; reverse lion leaping right, upright caduceus, EYM monogram (control), and spear head below, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) above, ΛYΣIMAXOY (Lysimachos) below; SOLD
Lysimacheia, Thracian Chersonese, c. 245 - 225 B.C.
Lysimachia was built by Lysimachus in 309 B.C. On the isthmus, it commanded the road from Sestos and mainland Thrace. To obtain inhabitants for his new city, Lysimachus destroyed neighboring Cardia and settled the inhabitants of it and other Chersonese cities here. Lysimachus made Lysimachia the capital of his kingdom and it must have rapidly risen to great splendor and prosperity.GB93813. Bronze AE 17, SNG Cop 914; HGC 3.2 1500 (S); BMC Thrace p. 195, 4 var. (monogram); Weber 2454 var. (same), VF, light green patina, earthen deposits, mild porosity, weight 4.097 g, maximum diameter 17.0 mm, die axis 0o, Lysimacheia (Eksemil, Turkey) mint, c. 245 - 225 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion's scalp headdress; reverse Nike standing left, raising wreath in right hand crowning city name, ΛYΣIMA,XEΩN starting downward on left and ending below, AN monogram over IΣE monogram (controls) on right; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD
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