Kardia, Kardia B (CN type 466)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 357/346-309 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceKardia B in bronze struck at Kardia in Thrace dated ca. 357/346-309 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 466. Obverse: Head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath, earring and necklace, all within linear square. Reverse: Ear of corn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Kardia B
- Recorded diameter
- 13–15 mm (from 9 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.37 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kardia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath, earring and necklace, all within linear square.
- Reverse type
- Ear of corn.
- Reverse legend
- ΚΑΡΔΙΑ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/466
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 466
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 47, nr. 91-100
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 112, nr. 1480
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution