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16 Mark - Gustav II Adolf Coronation of Maria Eleonora
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1620 |
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| Currency | First riksdaler (1598-1665) |
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| Obverse description | Inscription covering the entire field in multiple lines of raised Latin lettering, reading the commemorative coronation text. The legend records that Gustav II Adolf joined Maria Eleonora and she was crowned Queen of Sweden on 27 November in Stockholm. The lettering is in a characteristic early seventeenth-century hammered style, with a beaded inner border running around the circumference of the coin. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A royal crown depicted in high relief at the centre of the field, resting above the date 1620 in the lower portion. A hand emerges from the left side of the coin, apparently presenting or supporting the crown. The legend EOD · DEST · NATA · D · D · runs along the upper and lower periphery, referring to the destined union. The composition is framed by a plain or lightly beaded border consistent with the hammered coinage of the period. |
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