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10 Dukat - Christina
| Issuer | Riga, City of |
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| Year | 1643-1644 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Queen Christina partially turned to the left, her hair elaborately curled and falling to the shoulders, wearing richly ornamented dress with lace collar, set within a continuous Latin legend encircling the entire obverse field. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the elaborate Baroque style characteristic of mid-17th-century Swedish medallic art. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHRISTINA · D : G : SUE : GOT : VAN : Q : DE : REGI : & · PRIN : HÆ : (Translation: Christina Dei Gratia Sveciae Gothorum Vandalorumque Designata Regina Et Princeps Hereditarius Christina, with God`s grace, designated Queen and hereditary princess of Sweden, the Goths, and the Wends) |
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| Reverse lettering | EX · AVRO · SOLIDO · REGIA · CIUITAS · RIGENSIS · FIERI · FE H - W 1644 (Translation: Ex Aurea Solido Regia Civitatis Rigensis Fieri Fecit Coin made of solid gold from the city Riga) |
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