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2 Skilling - Christian III Aarhus
| Issuer | Kingdom of Denmark |
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| Year | 1536 |
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| Value | 2 Skilling (1⁄24) |
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| Obverse description | Armored half-length facing figure of King Christian III occupying the central field, depicted in three-quarter view wearing elaborately detailed plate armor with richly rendered pauldrons, gorget, and gauntlets. The king holds a scepter in his right hand and an orb in his left, both rendered with fine if somewhat crude hammered detail characteristic of mid-16th-century Danish minting. The royal visage, bearded and bare-headed, is shown emerging from the upper portion of the armored torso. A beaded inner circle frames the central design, with the Latin legend running along the outer periphery between the inner beaded border and the coin's irregular edge. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a heraldic composition consisting of a large shield bearing a cross — the Danish cross — surmounting a second shield set on-point (lozenge form) charged with a lion passant, representing the arms of the city of Aarhus. Flanking the shields are two additional smaller escutcheons, each bearing heraldic charges. The date 36 (for 1536) appears prominently in the upper left of the field, accompanied by the initials C, R, and D (Christianus Rex Daniae) disposed around the central arms. A beaded inner border separates the heraldic field from the encircling Latin legend, which identifies the coin as new money of Aarhus. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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