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2 Öre - Johan III Bust, Type I
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1570-1571 |
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| Value | 2 Öre (1⁄16) |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of King Johan III facing right, depicted with a long beard, set partially within an inner circle. The royal effigy is rendered in the relief style characteristic of Swedish Renaissance hammered coinage. A Latin legend encircles the portrait outside the inner circle, identifying the king by name and royal title. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Johan III took the Swedish throne in 1568 after imprisoning his brother Erik XIV — a king whose mental instability had destabilized the realm and alienated the nobility. The early coinage of Johan's reign reflects that transitional turbulence: minting infrastructure, personnel, and standards were all in flux. The Type I bust designation distinguishes this issue from later reworked dies, and the 1570–1571 window is narrow enough that surviving examples almost certainly predate the monetary reforms Johan pursued as his reign stabilized.