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1 Thaler - Gustav Adolph II
| Issuer | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1632 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, facing right, wearing elaborate lace collar and armor with ornamental shoulder decoration. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the Baroque portrait style characteristic of early 17th-century German thalers. A beaded inner border frames the design, with the continuous Latin legend surrounding the bust. The portrait conveys regal authority, with fine engraving detail in the facial features, hair, and dress. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS D G REX SVEC GOT VAND IMP |
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Gustav Adolf of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen on 6 November 1632 — the same year this thaler was struck — making Nuremberg's commemoration of him both a tribute and an almost immediate memorial. The city had hosted the Swedish king for nearly four months in 1632 while his army regrouped, a stay that placed enormous strain on Nuremberg's resources but cemented the alliance between the city and the Swedish crown against the Habsburgs.
Davenport EC II#4550 places this among the broader category of German memorial thalers for Gustav Adolf, of which Nuremberg produced several distinct die variants in the years immediately following his death.