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2 Riksdaler - Gustav II Adolf Coronation
| Issuer | Stockholm Mint |
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| Year | 1617 |
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| Currency | First riksdaler (1598-1665) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length armored effigy of King Gustav II Adolf standing facing, clad in elaborate plate armor with a billowing cloak, wearing a royal crown. The king holds an upright sword in his right hand and an orb surmounted by a cross in his left, symbolizing martial and sovereign authority. Above the figure, a radiant sun emits stylized rays, within which the Tetragrammaton (יהוה) appears in Hebrew characters, conveying divine sanction of royal power. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the extensive Latin titulature legend running between two concentric beaded borders, divided by ornamental stops. |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Hebrew |
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| Reverse description | A large central crowned coat of arms of Sweden, quartered and displaying the three crowns of Sweden and the lion of the Folkung dynasty, with an inescutcheon bearing the Vasa sheaf. The central shield is surrounded by a wreath of twenty-four smaller armorial shields arranged in a ring, each representing a province or territory of the Swedish realm, rendered in high relief with fine heraldic detail. The entire composition is executed without a surrounding legend, the arms and their supporters filling the field to the rim, emphasizing the breadth of the Swedish crown's dominions at the time of the coronation. |
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