LYSIMACHOS THRACE BRONZE AE13_________Ancient Greece_________HERAKLES & WREATH

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FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE GREEK COIN OF LYSIMCHAOS THRACE FROM 323 - 281 BC .
Lysimachos with his brothers enjoyed prominent positions in Alexander the Great's circle. After Alexander’s death in 323 BC, he was appointed to the government of Thrace as strategos.
THE SIZE IS 13.4 MM AND 3.32 GRAMS.
SNG Cop 1168
OBVERSE – Head of Herakles wearing lionskin headdress
REVERSE – Legend in wreath
Lysimachos was a Greek nobleman who was a Macedonian Thessalian. He was born in 362/361 BC, as the second son of Agathocles and his wife, perhaps named Arsinoe and his 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 favorite in the Argead court.
Lysimachus with his brothers grew up with the status of Macedonians; he with his brothers enjoyed prominent positions in Alexander’s circle and Lysimachus with his brothers were educated at the court at Pella.
He was probably appointed Somatophylax during the reign of Philip II. During Alexander's Persian campaigns, he was one of his immediate bodyguards. In 324 BC, in Susa, he was crowned in recognition for his actions in India. After Alexander’s death in 323 BC, he was appointed to the government of Thrace as strategos.
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