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1 Mark - Gustav II Adolf Laureate head - Type I
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1613-1617 |
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| Currency | First riksdaler (1598-1665) |
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| Obverse description | Armored and laureate bust of King Gustav II Adolf facing left, depicted in profile within a double-line circular border. The Tetragrammaton (יהוה) in Hebrew characters radiates above the king's head within the inner legend band. Two concentric lines frame the royal effigy, enclosing a double-register Latin legend identifying the king as hereditary prince and designated King of Sweden. The portrait is rendered in a robust early 17th-century hammered style, emphasizing the laureate wreath and armored pauldron. |
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| Obverse lettering | ( יהוה ) GVSTAV·ADOLF·D:G·DESIG·REX·SVEC·&· PRINC·HÆRED GLA · ALTISSIMO * SVORVM · REFVGIO (Translation: Gustav (II) Adolf by the Grace of God, hereditary prince and designed King of Sweden) |
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Gustav II Adolf was nineteen years old when this type entered production, having inherited a kingdom simultaneously at war with Denmark, Russia, and Poland. The Mark coinage of this period was minted under considerable fiscal pressure — Sweden's treasury was chronically strained, and silver supply depended heavily on imports and war indemnities rather than domestic mining. Type I is distinguished from the later issues of his reign by specific die characteristics that reflect the Stockholm mint's evolving engraving capacity during the early 1610s.