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4 Mark - Johan, Duke of Östergötland Type II
| Issuer | Östergötland, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1613 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Draped armored bust of Johan, Duke of Östergötland facing left, wearing a ruff collar and a chain of office, with long hair visible beneath. A shield bearing heraldic charges is held before the figure. The effigy is contained within a beaded inner circle, with the circumferential legend running between the inner and outer borders. The date 1613 appears within the legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Johan, Duke of Östergötland was the son of Karl IX and a half-brother to Gustav II Adolf, granted the duchy as an appanage in 1606. His right to issue coin was a feudal privilege increasingly at odds with Swedish centralization efforts; within a generation, such autonomous ducal coinage would be effectively eliminated. The Type II designation for this 1613 issue reflects a die modification, distinguished from Type I in the KM listing under the same year.