Norway 4 Speciedaler - Christian V, 1674 – 1680

4 Speciedaler - Christian V from Norway. Issued from 1674 to 1680. Struck in Silver (.875). Measures 43 mm and weighs 115.57 g.

Obverse

Laureate and draped bust of king Christian V with long hair, facing right. Inscription surrounding it in a clockwise direction. Beaded ring on the rim (Christian V, by the Grace of God, King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths)

Reverse

Crowned Norwegian lion holding an axe and facing left, in an oval shield (with ornate frame) on top of a cross. The shield is crowned and is surrounded by two lines of text, one near the rim and the King's motto as second . Beaded ring on the edge. Mint Master initials are divided at sides of the shield, right below the horizontal arms of the cross; while the date is dived by lower arm of the cross. (Duke of Sleswig-Holstein, Stormarn and Ditmar, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst

With piety and justice)

Edge

Smooth