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1 Speciedaler - Christian IV Bust type IIa
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1646 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Armored and crowned half-length effigy of King Christian IV facing right, set above a large ornate rounded cartouche bearing the royal titles and date in four lines; the mintmaster's initials HK appear below, divided by the cartouche lobes. The bust is contained within a beaded inner circle, with the king's motto — REGNA FIRMAT PIETAS — running along the outer rim, interrupted by the crown above. The portrait is rendered in the formal Baroque style characteristic of mid-17th-century Danish coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | REGNA · FIR | MAT : PIETAS CHRITIANUS·IIII D:G:DAN:NO V:G R. EX:D:S:H:S:D:C:O: L:ET:D: 1646 . HK (h) (Translation: Piety strengthens the realms King Christian the Fourth, King of Denmark and Norway, the Goths and the Wends, duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, and Ditmarsh, count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst) |
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| Mint | HK Copenhagen, Denmark(?-1739) |
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