Norway 1 Speciedaler - Christian V, 1671 – 1674

1 Speciedaler - Christian V from Norway. Issued from 1671 to 1674. Struck in Silver (.875). Measures 43 mm and weighs 28.78 g.

Obverse

Laureate bust of king Christian V with a roman tunic and 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 right, 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)