Spink > Auction 24004Auction date: 4 April 2024
Lot number: 385

Price realized: 3,200 GBP   (Approx. 4,022 USD / 3,736 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Sweden, Gustav II Adolf (1611-1632), 4-Mark, 1613, Stockholm, Type I, GVSTAVVS • ADOLF • D:G • DESIGNAT • REX • SVECIÆ • PRINCEPS • HÆR • // GLORIA • ALTISSIMO • SVORVM • REFUGIO • laureate and armoured three-quarters bust left, Hebrew tetragrammaton in rays above, rev. • IIII • SVENSKE • MARKR • 1613 • three crowned shields, 19.60g [302.5grns], 2h (SM 44; KM 64), hairline striking split at 1 o'clock, an historic collection number carelessly shaved before face, otherwise residually lustrous but irregularly toned, nearing extremely fine for issue, scarcely offered in commerce, the date even more seldom, especially in this superbly wholesome grade, very rare thus.
Provenance,
The Dr Frank Becker Collection of World Coins,
Ahlström-Thomas Høiland Auction, 25 November 2006, lot 359

Estimate: £2400 - £3000