Kardia, Kardia C (CN type 484)
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 484. Obverse: Forepart of a lion, left, breaking spear in jaws; all within linear square. Reverse: Ethnic within grain ear wreath.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Kardia C
- Recorded diameter
- 12 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.48 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kardia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Forepart of a lion, left, breaking spear in jaws; all within linear square.
- Reverse type
- Ethnic within grain ear wreath.
- Reverse legend
- ΚΑΡ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/484
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 484
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. 153-155
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 113, nr. 1486
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution