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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Lysimacheia| > GB97279
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.
GB97279. Bronze AE 17, SNG Cop 914 ff.; BMC Thrace p. 195, 5; Weber 2454; HGC 3.2 1500 (S), VF, nice green patina, porosity, reverse a little off center, Lysimacheia (Eksemil, Turkey) mint, weight 3.665g, maximum diameter 16.5mm, die axis 180o, c. 245 - 225 B.C.; obverse head of young Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Nike standing facing, head left, raising wreath in right hand, ΛYΣIMAXEΩN starting downward on left, curving and ending below, monograms (controls) on right; scarce; SOLD




  






REFERENCES

Stoll, R. Herakles auf römischen Münzen. (Trier, 1999).
Voegtli, H. Bilder der Heldenepen in der kaiserzeitlichen griechischen Munzprägung. (Aesch, 1977).

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