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487746. Sold For $1450

SWEDEN. Gustav II Adolf den store (the Great). 1611–1632. AR Medal (43.5mm, 26.22 g, 12h). On his death at the Battle of Lützen. By Sebastian Dadler of Danzig. Dually dated 9 December 1594 and 6 November 1632. GUST : ADOLPH 9 D · G · SUEC : GOT : VAD : R · M : PRIC : FIN : DUX ETHO : ET CAREL : IGRIÆ : D9, draped bust facing slightly right, wearing ruff; all within ornate frame surmounted by cherub, with additional cherubs to either side; skull and cross bones over S D below / STANS ACIE PUGNANS VINCENS MORIENSQUE TRIUMPAT (clover)/ NATUS 9 DEC : ANNO 1594 GLORIOSE MORTUUS 6 NOU : ANO 1632, hand raising sword with laurel wreath between olive branch and palm frond; above, radiant name of god in Hebrew. Wiecek 81; Merseburger 1070. AU, toned. Rare.


Ex Richard A. Jourdan Collection, purchased from Karl Stephens, 2002.

Gustav II Adolf, afterwards styled as “den Store (the Great)” fell in battle on the afternoon of 16 November, 1632, at the battle of Lützen in what is today Germany. The Thirty Years War had already been raging for nearly two decades before Swedish and German Protestant forces met the Catholic Imperial armies in a decisive battle on the foggy field south of Liepzig. Gustav himself personally took the field that day, and around 1 PM, while leading a cavalry charge on his right wing, both him and his mount were struck by enemy fire. The king was separated from his command, behind enemy lines, and not found again until a few hours after the smoke cleared, when his stripped and mangled body was retrieved and borne back to Sweden.