Kardia, Kardia A — Lion standing left (CN type 447)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
357/346–309 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceKardia A in bronze struck at Kardia in Thrace, dated 357/346–309 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 447 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath, earring and necklace. Reverse: Lion standing left, breaking spear in jaws. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 8.03 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 20 mm (from 3 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Tzvetkova, The Coinage of Kardia 13, 2009, p. 46, nr. 54; Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 301; Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017, p. 112, nr. 1477.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Kardia A
- Recorded diameter
- 20 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.03 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kardia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath, earring and necklace.
- Reverse type
- Lion standing left, breaking spear in jaws.
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/447
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 447
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 46, nr. 54
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 301
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 112, nr. 1477
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution