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4 Mark - Frederik IV
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1699-1700 |
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| Value | 4 Mark = 1 Krone (⅔) |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of King Frederik IV facing right, with long flowing curled wig rendered in high relief in the late Baroque style. The king wears ornate plate armor with a decorative gorget and shoulder pauldron visible at the truncation. The portrait is bold and finely detailed, occupying the majority of the coin's field. A beaded inner border frames the design, and the Latin legend encircles the effigy reading FRID IV D G DAN NOR VA GO REX. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features an elaborate crowned royal cypher of Frederik IV composed of interlaced script F's, beneath which radiates a sunburst issuing from a triangle bearing the Hebrew Tetragrammaton (the divine name in Hebrew characters), a motif reflecting the Pietist religious symbolism of the period. Flanking the central cypher are three medallions: upper left bearing the Danish lion, upper right the Norwegian lion, and lower center the Oldenburg arms. The interlaced cypher is further embellished with foliate and palm branches. The date 1700 appears in the lower exergue, and the Latin legend DOMINUS MIHI ADIUTOR (The Lord is my helper) runs along the outer border, framed by a beaded inner circle. |
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