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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 425

Pomerania, under Swedish Occupation, Gustav II Adolf (1611-1632), Commemorative Posthumous ½-Reichstaler, 1634, Wolgast or Stockholm [?], Upon the Transfer of the Royal Mortal Remains of Gustav II Adolf to Sweden, 22 June 1634, (m.m.) GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS MAGNUS D: G: SUEC: GOTH: & VAND: REX AUGUSTUS, corpse laid out in front of the battlefield, rev. : PRINCEPS PIUS VICTOR INCOMPARAB ET GERM : LIBERATOR : 1634, King in a triumphal chariot above the enemies is crowned by Pax and Justitia, 13.87g, 6h (Ahlström 15; Hildebrand I, p. 193, 190), rubbed and toned, central devices about fine, peripheries good fine, rare

Provenance

The Dr Frank Becker Collection of World Coins

Ahlström-Thomas Høiland Auction, 25 November 2006, lot 388




The burial of King Gustav II Adolf took place about a year and a half after his death. Preparations began in Germany with the embalming of the Royal body at Weissenfels. The sarcophagus was carried in a funeral procession to the port city of Wolgast, from where it was to be transported to Sweden. A procession and funeral sermon took place in Wolgast in July 1633, during which coins were thrown out and distributed among the participants. The Royal body was then transported by ship across the Baltic Sea to Nyköping, where it remained until the following Summer. On the 22 June 1634, all the invited mourners gathered at Brännkyrka just outside Stockholm to take part in the solemn procession to Riddarholm Church. Rentmeister Hans Jörensson joined the funeral procession at the city gate and threw out coins among the people. When the ceremonies were over, "memorial pennies" were also distributed to those mourners who found it particularly difficult to attend the funeral.

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