★ Battle of Lysimacheia ★

THRACIAN CHERSONESOS, Lysimacheia, 309-220 BCE. 3.53g, 17mm.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev: ΛYΣIMAXEΩN, Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm; monograms to right.
SNG Cop. 901-2 & 914-15; Moushmov 5499.
Scarce.
Lysimacheia was founded in 309 BCE by Lysimachos, one of Alexander’s generals and an important player in the wars following his death. His Thracian kingdom based at the city did not last long, collapsing entirely under pressure from the massive Gallic invasion of 279 BCE. After a pan-Hellenic effort to eject the Gauls, Antigonos II Gonatas defeated the last major group in the famous Battle of Lysimacheia in 277.
Estimate: 60