Livonia (16)53 solidus

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2705

This specimen was lot 2705 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDISH LIVONIA: Christina, 1632-1654, AR solidus, Riga, [16]53, a pleasing lustrous mint state example, PCGS graded MS62." This type was struck 1635-54 for Christina. Struck on roller dies, many of these have off-center reverses. Riga and Livonia were seized by Sweden from Poland in 1621 and retained by them until their loss to Russia in 1721.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.51-0.54 g, billon, 15 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlstrom, 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• Livonia (16)52 solidus
• Riga (16)54 solidus, Christina
• (16)54 solidus, Charles X Gustav
• Livonia (16)55 solidus Charles X Gustav
• Coins and currency dated 1653