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4 Mark - Johan, Duke of Östergötland Type III
| Issuer | Östergötland, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1614 |
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| Composition | Silver (.821) |
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| Obverse description | Half-length effigy of Duke Johan facing slightly to the right, wearing a high ruff collar with a folded band draped over the right shoulder, rendered in the elaborate court dress of the early seventeenth century. The ducal figure is contained within a double-line inner circle, with two concentric lines of Latin legend occupying the surrounding annular field. The portrait is executed in a bold, relief style characteristic of contemporary Swedish hammered coinage. The date 1614 appears within the outer legend. The overall composition reflects the formal heraldic portraiture conventions of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | * IOHANNES·D:G:REG:SVE:HÆR:PRINC:DVX·OSTROGOTHI· *· DEVS ·*· PROTECTOR ·*· NOSTER ·*· 1614 (Translation: Johan, by the Grace of God, hereditary Prince of the Kingdom of Sweden and Duke of Östergötland. God our protector.) |
| Reverse description | Three heraldic shields arranged in a triangular composition beneath a royal crown: in the upper left, the Three Crowns of Sweden; in the upper right, the Folkung Lion; below, the Vasa sheaf arms. The crown and shield group are enclosed within a double-line circle, with two concentric lines of Latin legend in the outer annular field. Within the legend band, at the uppermost position, appears the radiant Tetragrammaton (יהוה) in Hebrew characters, a distinctive feature of Swedish coinage of this era. The inner legend line states the denomination in full as IIII SVENSKA MARCK. |
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