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2 Ducats - Carl XI
| Issuer | Riga, City of |
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| Year | 1664-1667 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of King Carl XI facing right, with long flowing hair, set within a beaded inner circle. The royal effigy is rendered in high relief with fine detailing on the drapery and hair. A Latin legend encircles the portrait, identifying the monarch by name and title. The inscription is separated from the central device by a raised rim. |
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| Reverse description | The city arms of Riga — a heraldic castle — depicted centrally beneath two crossed keys surmounted by a crown. The date is divided on either side of the central shield, with the mintmaster's initials I-M flanking the lower portion. A Latin legend encircles the entire design, identifying the coin as a new gold issue of the city of Riga. |
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Riga remained a self-governing city under Swedish suzerainty throughout the 1660s, retaining the right to strike its own municipal coinage — a privilege jealously guarded and increasingly anomalous as Stockholm centralized Baltic administration. These ducats were produced during Carl XI's minority, when the regency government was preoccupied with managing the aftermath of the Northern Wars and had little appetite for stripping Riga's minting rights. The city exploited that window.
The multiple reference numbers reflect genuine cataloging disagreement over die marriages within the 1664–1667 span, with KM listing two separate entries for what may be closely related issues.