SWEDEN. Erik XIV. 1560–1568. AR Riksdaler (42mm, 4h). Type II. Stockholm mint. Dated 1561. Crowned and armored bust right, holding sword and globus cruciger / Crowned and collared coat-of-arms. AAH 5; Tingström 2; Antell 501 var. (rev. legend stops); Davenport 8701. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 4222489-003, graded XF 45.
From the DMS Collection. Ex Lennart Philipson Collection (Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio, 8 January 2016), lot 40005, purchased from Ahlstrom.
Erik XIV famously died after consuming a bowl of poisoned pea soup. In 1958 his body was exhumed from Vasteras Cathedral and forensic analysis confirmed evidence of lethal arsenic poisoning.
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