Ancient Greek Silver Coin Tetradrachm Lysimachus King year 294 BC

Name: Ancient Greek Silver Coin Tetradrachm Lysimachus King year 294 BC
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Ancient Greek Silver Tetradrachm Coin of King of Throne Lysimachus. . . Lysimachus (c. 361-281 BCE) was one of Alexander the Great's trusted bodyguards and a member of his Companion Cavalry. Although he obtained Macedonian citizenship, his father was a Thessalian named Agathocles. After Alexander's death in 323 BCE, Lysimachus benefitted from his loyalty to the king by being rewarded with the strategically important province of Thrace, an area northeast of Macedon along the Black Sea coast. While he initially remained relatively uninvolved in the series of wars that immediately followed Alexander's death, he eventually sought to expand his land holdings and ultimately joined his fellow commanders in a war against Antigonus Monophthalmus (the One-Eyed) and his son Demetrius I of Macedon. Success would follow but at a hefty price. ALEXANder's Bodyguard Educated at the royal court in Pella, Lysimachus rose to become a prominent member of the king's entourage, one of his bodyguards or somatophylax by 328 BCE. Oddly enough, there was another Lysimachus in the entourage of Alexander. This second Lysimachus was one of the king's former tutors, better known, as one historian stated, for his sense of humor rather than hygiene. He called the young Alexander Achilles while he referred to himself as Phoenix, Achilles' tutor. Although historians record that he accompanied the king on the invasion of Persia, his only appearance of note was at the siege of Tyre. Diameter 30 mm Very special and genuine with Life Time garanteed. To see more press on "Mohamad"

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