KARDIA in THRACE 350BC Persephone Lion Authentic Ancient Greek Coin RARE i52587

Greek city of Kardia in Thrace. Kardia was originally a colony of Miletos. It was destroyed by Lysimachos in 309 B.C. The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence she is also associated with spring and with the seeds of the fruits of the fields.

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