3 Dalderi - Christina

Riga's municipal mint operated under Swedish overlordship from 1621, when Gustavus Adolphus took the city, but retained the unusual privilege of striking coins in its own civic name rather than under the Swedish crown — a concession that reflected Riga's hard-bargained surrender terms. This three-dalderi piece was struck during the regency of Christina, who had not yet assumed personal rule, and the mint was producing these large silver multiples against a backdrop of sustained military expenditure in the Thirty Years' War. Swedish-controlled Baltic minting was partly a logistical function: bullion moved through Riga, and converting it locally reduced transfer costs.

At over 85 grams, surviving examples in any condition are scarce. The Davenport reference places this squarely among the great European multiple thalers of the mid-seventeenth century.