Livonia (16)52 solidus

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 36235

This specimen was lot 36235 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LIVONIA. Swedish Occupation. Solidus, (16)52. Riga Mint. Christina. PCGS MS-62." Riga and Livonia were seized by Sweden from Poland in 1621 and retained by them until their loss to Russia in 1721. Christina of Sweden is mentioned on this coin, struck 1645-54. This type states that it is a "SOLIDUS LIVONIAE" whereas the Riga issues (KM 21) were struck in the name of "CIVI RIGENSIS". Livonia is today the northern part of Latvia.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.54 g, billon, 15 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2.

Source:

Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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