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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Lysimacheia| > GB93813
Lysimacheia, Thracian Chersonese, c. 245 - 225 B.C.
|Lysimacheia|, |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, Lysimacheia (Eksemil, Turkey) mint, weight 4.097g, maximum diameter 17.0mm, die axis 0o, 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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