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1 Dalderi - Christina 1st portrait
| Issuer | Riga, City of |
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| Year | 1639 |
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| Diameter | 43 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central shield flanked by two rampant lions as supporters, surmounted by a pair of crossed keys — the traditional arms of the City of Riga — with the date divided on either side of the keys as 16 and 39, and the engraver's initials H and W flanking the lower portion of the design. The entire composition is contained within a circular Latin legend running along the periphery. The heraldic elements are rendered in the detailed baroque style characteristic of Swedish-period Riga municipal coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONETA · NOVA · ARGENTÆ · CIVITATIS · RIGENSIS · 16 - 39 H - W (Translation: Moneta Nova Argentea Civitatis Rigensis New silver coin of the city of Riga) |
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Riga's dalderi coinage of the 1630s reflects the city's precarious status as a semi-autonomous trading port caught between Swedish imperial ambition and its own entrenched merchant oligarchy. Christina had inherited the Swedish throne in 1632 at age six following her father Gustav II Adolf's death at Lützen, and coins struck in her name during the regency period — including this issue — technically bore her authority while real power rested with Axel Oxenstierna's council. The city of Riga had only formally submitted to Swedish suzerainty in 1621, and the right to strike large silver coinage remained a jealously guarded municipal privilege.
The multiple KM references reflect genuine uncertainty over die marriage attribution between KM#22 and KM#23.