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3 Polker - Carl XII Lion at centre
| Uitgever | Riga, City of |
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| Jaar | 1700-1701 |
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| Vorm | Round |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central field displays the quartered royal arms of Sweden surmounted by a royal crown. The upper-left and lower-right quarters bear three crowns in pale (the Folkung Arms), while the upper-right quarter displays the lion of the Folkunga dynasty passant. An escutcheon at the centre of the shield bears the lion of the house of Vasa. The entire composition is rendered in low relief in the hammered style typical of early 18th-century Baltic coinage. The circular Latin legend reading CAROL : XII - D : G : R : SVEC runs along the periphery, referencing King Charles XII of Sweden by his royal title. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Central device consists of the Riga city arms: a crowned orb with a cross above, enclosed within a circular frame, with the denomination numeral 24 (indicating 1/24 Thaler) displayed beneath the crown within the orb, and the value numeral 3 (for 3 Polker) placed below the central device. The date is split and incorporated into the surrounding Latin legend. The peripheral legend MON : NOV - CIV : RIG : 17 - 01 24 3 identifies this as a new municipal coinage of the City of Riga, with the date 1701 divided around the design, consistent with the hammered coinage technique of the period. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Riga had been under Swedish control since 1621, and by 1700 the city's municipal coinage operated under the shadow of the Great Northern War, which broke out that very year when a coalition led by Peter the Great, Augustus II of Poland, and Frederick IV of Denmark moved simultaneously against Charles XII. The Russian siege of Riga would not succeed until 1710, but the war's outbreak effectively ended the city's autonomous minting tradition. This two-year issue is among the last municipal coinages Riga would produce before the city passed permanently out of Swedish hands.