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Denier Bracteate - Magnus IV Ericson
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1354-1363 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Centrally placed Gothic letter S in relief, enclosed within a raised inner ring, the whole surrounded by a toothed or beaded outer border following the irregular flan edge. The design is deeply struck in the bracteate tradition, producing a strongly convex obverse field with the initial standing prominently in the centre. The surface of the field between the S and the inner ring is plain and unadorned. The toothed border serves as the sole peripheral ornament, consistent with mid-14th-century Swedish penning coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Magnus IV — also Magnus VII of Norway — ruled a dual Scandinavian kingdom under constant pressure from the nobility, the church, and eventually his own sons. By the 1350s the Black Death had devastated Sweden's population and tax base, and Magnus had already been forced to sell the provinces of Scania, Blekinge, and Ronneby back to Denmark in 1360 to cover debts. These bracteates were struck during the years his Swedish magnates were actively conspiring against him, a process that culminated in his deposition by the Swedish nobility in 1363 in favor of his nephew Albert of Mecklenburg.