Lysimachos, Kingdom of Thrace - AE22 - ca.297-281 BC.

Lysimaque, king of Thrace (ca.304-281 BC.)

• Metal: Æ 22 mm / 5.4 gm. 
• A/ Young male head right in crested Corinthian helmet.
• R/ BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, lion leaping to right, spear-head below.
• Grade: Fine to Very Good.
• Dates: ca. 297-281 BC.
  

Lysimachus (Greek: Λυσίμαχος, Lysimachos; c. 360 BC – 281 BC) was a Macedonian officer and diadochus (i.e. "successor") of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus ("King") in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.

Lysimachus was born in circa 360 BC, to a family of Thessalian Greek stock. He was the second son of Agathocles and his wife; there is some indication in the historical sources that this wife was perhaps named Arsinoe, and that Lysimachus' paternal grandfather may have been called Alcimachus. His father was a nobleman of high rank who was an intimate friend of Philip II of Macedon, who shared in Philip II’s councils and became a favourite in the Argead court. Lysimachus and his brothers grew up with the status of Macedonians; all these brothers enjoyed with Lysimachus prominent positions in Alexander’s circle and, like him, were educated at the Macedonian court in Pella.

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