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Noble - John I
| Uitgever | Denmark |
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| Jaar | 1496-1502 |
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| Techniek | Hammered |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | IOh`S DEI GRA REX DANOR IVSSIT ME FIERI AN 1496 |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Elaborately quartered royal shield of arms surmounted by a large crown with foliate crestwork, the quarters displaying the arms of Denmark (lions and hearts), Sweden (three crowns), and Norway (lion), with an escutcheon at the centre, all within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend in uncial Latin reads: DEXTERA DNI EXALTA ME DEXTRA DNI FECIT VIRTV, a devotional inscription invoking the right hand of God. |
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John I struck this noble in deliberate imitation of the English gold noble — a calculated monetary diplomacy aimed at facilitating Baltic and North Sea trade by producing a coin that merchants already trusted and priced. Denmark had no long tradition of high-denomination gold coinage, and John's adoption of the format was as much political posturing as economic pragmatism. He was simultaneously managing the Kalmar Union's increasingly fractious relationship with Sweden, and a credible gold currency reinforced Danish claims to regional dominance.
Struck at Copenhagen, surviving examples are rare. The fabric tends toward slightly irregular flans, a known characteristic of the Copenhagen mint at this period.