2 Mark Klipping - Christian II Siege of Oslo
Features
| Issuer |
Norway
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Christian II (1513-1523)
|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Siege coins |
| Year | 1531 |
| Value | 2 Mark = 32 Skilling (⅓) |
| Currency | Speciedaler (1523-1746) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 13.06 g |
| Size | 25 × 23 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Klippe |
| Technique | Klippe |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 121235 |
| References | Skaare# 316 Kolbjørn Skaare; 1995. Norges mynthistorie / Bind 2: Katalog- og registerbind: Mynter og utmyntning i 1000 år : Pengesedler i 300 år: Numismatikk i Norge. Bind 2. Universitetsforlaget. Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. Jan Olav Aamlid, Bjarne Ahlström, Kenneth Jonsson, Gunnar Thesen; 1991. Norges Mynter 995-1992. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. Claudius Jacob Schive; 1865. Norges Mynter i Middelalderen. Tønsberg, Norway.Georg Galster; 1972. Unionstidens Udmøntninger: Danmark og Norge 1397-1540. Sverige 1363-1521. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Thesen# 1 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway. |
Obverse
Crowned monogram of Christian II.
Script: Latin
Lettering: C
Reverse
Crowned norwegian lion holding a halberd and facing left in a shield. Date above it.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 1531
Mint
Akershus Festning, modern-day Akershus Fortress, Norway (1528-1841)Comments
This series of coins were minted by Christian II in Oslo during his campaign to regain the throne from his uncle Frederik I. The silver used for these coins was sent by archbishop of Nidaros, Olav Engelbrektsson, as a show of support for his claim on the throne.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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