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| Issuer | City of Riga |
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| Year | 1630-1631 |
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| Reference(s) | Ahlström#5, Fed#748, Neum#28, KM#20, Dav EC II#4588 |
| Obverse description | Armored half-length bust of King Gustav II Adolf facing slightly right, depicted in three-quarter view looking forward, holding an orb in his left hand and a sword in his right. The effigy is rendered in the baroque portrait style typical of early 17th-century Swedish coinage. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the royal portrait within the coin's border. |
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| Obverse lettering | GVSTAVUS · ADOLPHUS · D · G · REX · SVECOR · GOT · VA · (Translation: Gustav Adolf Dei Gratia Rex Sveciae Gothorum Vandalorumque Gustav Adolf, with God`s grace, King of Sweden, the Goths, and the Wends) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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