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[[Image:SA52-2702.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2702]]

This specimen was lot 2702 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $60. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SWEDISH [[Livonia|LIVONIA]]: Christina, 1632-1654, AR solidus, [16]48, 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. Note the "SOLIDVS CIVI·RIG·" on the reverse, partly off the flan. 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-21.

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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:''
* [[Riga (16)47 solidus]]
* [[Livonia (16)47 solidus]]
* [[Livonia (16)48 1/24 thaler]]
* [[Riga (16)49 solidus]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1648]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 52]]