Kardia, Kardia C (CN type 481)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 357/346-309 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceKardia C in bronze struck at Kardia in Thrace dated ca. 357/346-309 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 481. Obverse: Lion leaping left. Reverse: Grain within linear square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Kardia C
- Recorded diameter
- 11.5–14 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.99 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kardia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Lion leaping left.
- Reverse type
- Grain within linear square.
- Reverse legend
- ΚΑΡΔΙΑ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/481
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 481
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. 48, nr. 122-128
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 113, nr. 1482
Research required
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