Description: Thrace, Kardia, 350 - 309 BC. Wreathed head of Persephone left / ΚΑΡΔΙΑ; lion crouching left, broken spear in jaws, grain ear in exergue.

Diameter: AE19 mm

Weight: 6,58 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: SNG Cop 862; BMC 1

Commentary: dark brown patina, well centered, some roughness

History: In 309 BC Lysimachos set out to found his own capital, destroyed Kardia and transferred its population to his new foundation of Lysimacheia.

Article Number: 026-10-08-41652