1/4 Ducat / 3 Mark - Christian V

Christian V came to the Danish throne in 1670 inheriting a monarchy newly transformed by the 1665 Kongelov — the most absolute codification of royal power in European history at the time, giving the king authority explicitly above all law. This fractional gold piece was struck in 1676, the year Denmark entered the Scanian War against Sweden, a conflict aimed at recovering territories lost in the catastrophic Treaty of Roskilde. Military expenditure was severe, and small-denomination gold issues of this type saw limited production runs.

The Fr#173 designation places it firmly within the Friedberg gold series, where surviving examples are rarely encountered outside major Scandinavian auction houses.