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1 Riksdaler - Gustav II Adolf Coronation of Gustav II
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1617 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate draped bust of Gustav II Adolf facing left, within a beaded inner circle. Above the portrait, a radiant sun containing the Hebrew Tetragrammaton (YHWH) in a cartouche. The circumferential legend reads GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS REX, divided by the bust. Below the portrait, an ornate heraldic cartouche flanked by foliate scrollwork. |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Hebrew |
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Gustav II Adolf was crowned in October 1617, and this riksdaler was struck to mark the occasion — though the political circumstances surrounding it were anything but ceremonial. Sweden was simultaneously at war with Russia, Denmark, and Poland, and the young king had been managing military campaigns since age sixteen. The coronation itself had been delayed for years, partly due to the unresolved dynastic conflict with his Polish cousin Sigismund III Vasa, whose own claim to the Swedish throne had triggered decades of internal and external instability.
SM#81 and SM#82 represent two documented die variants of this issue, distinguished in the standard Swedish reference.