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1 Örtug - Albert of Mecklenburg
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1364-1389 |
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| Reference(s) | Myntbok#256, 258, 262-269, Lagerqvist#2, 3a, |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A cross motif divides the inner field, with three crowns of Sweden distributed across the quadrants: one larger crown positioned in the lower portion of the field, straddling the lower cross arm, and two smaller crowns occupying the upper left and upper right quadrants. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded circle, with a circular legend in uncial Latin script filling the outer field. The arrangement of crowns refers to the heraldic symbol of the Swedish realm, rendered in the bold, flat style characteristic of late medieval hammered coinage. |
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Albert of Mecklenburg seized the Swedish throne in 1364 with the backing of disaffected Swedish nobles who resented Magnus Eriksson, and his coinage reflects the administrative disorder of a foreign king governing a hostile realm. His örtug issues were struck across multiple mints and survive in enough die varieties to fill a specialist monograph — the Lagerqvist and Myntbok reference ranges alone hint at the complexity. Attributing individual pieces to specific mints or phases of the reign remains genuinely difficult, and specialists still disagree on the sequencing.