Livonia (16)54 solidus KM-50

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Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2707

This specimen was lot 2707 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $66. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDISH LIVONIA: Christina, 1632-1654, AR solidus, Riga, [16]54, a lovely lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS63." This type was struck 1654-60 for Charles X Gustav, not Christina as stated by the auctioneers, although solidi were struck for her as well in 1654. 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-50.

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.

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