Thracian Kingdom Coins

Lysimachus (360 BCE – 281 BCE) 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 Macedonia. The coins minted during his reign are considered as coins of his Thracian kingdom, though in reality they followed the general concept of the ancient Macedonian coins and were minted in gold, silver and bronze.