E-auction 236-160042 - fwo_363016 - SWEDEN - KINGDOM OF SWEDEN - GUSTAF III Sixième de riksdaler, 2e type 1790 Stockholm
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| Estimate : | 110 € |
| Price : | 46 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 October 2017 16:59:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Sixième de riksdaler, 2e type
Date: 1790
Mint name / Town : Stockholm
Quantity minted : 399000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 878 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,22 g.
Edge : chaînée
Coments on the condition:
La pièce présente une petite usure et est recouverte d’une agréable patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GUSTAVUS III. D. G. REX SVECIAE.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Gustave III à droite, un bandeau noué dans les cheveux.
Obverse translation : (Gustave III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Suède).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FADERNESLANDET / 1/6 - RD/ 1790.
Reverse description : Écu rond de Suède couronné entouré du collier de l'Ordre des Séraphins.
Commentary
Ce type de sixième de riksdaler est fabriqué entre 1778 et 1790. Cette pièce correspond à 16 ore ou à une pièce de 2 mark ou un demi-daler d'argent.
Historical background
SWEDEN - KINGDOM OF SWEDEN - GUSTAF III
(12/02/1771-29/03/1792)
Gustave III (24/01/1746-29/03/1792) is the son of Adolphe-Frédéric (1710-1771) who reigned over Sweden from 1753 to 1771 and Louise Ulrica of Prussia (1710-1782). He succeeded his father in 1771 and married Sophie Madeleine of Denmark (1746-1813) in 1766 with whom he had two sons, Charles Gustave who died young and Gustave-Adolphe IV (1778-1837) who succeeded his father in 1792 before dying. abdicated in 1809. Gustave III was the Swedish model of the enlightened despot, a great admirer of France. He fought against Denmark and Russia. Freemason, he developed the Order in Sweden, but clashed with the conservative party of "caps" and was assassinated by one of its officers on the eve of declaring war on revolutionary France. Charles XIII (1748-1818), brother of Gustave III, had already been regent between 1792 and 1796 and succeeded his nephew in 1809. Died childless, it was Charles XIV Jean Bernadotte (1818-1844) who ascended the throne.
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