1 mark, Åbo, Gustav I Vasa, 1557
The coin in the display case was minted in 1557 in Turku, for King Gustav Vasa. Between 1555 and 1557, King Gustav Vasa was at war with Russia over the demarcation of the borders of present-day Finland, which was part of Sweden during this period. The Tsar of Russia was Ivan IV (1530-1584).
The unrest meant that new coins had to be struck in Stockholm and Turku. The Turku mark coins were minted between 1556 and 1558. The obverse (front side) shows the king's waist image wearing a harness with royal attributes such as a crown, sword and orb. The reverse shows three crowned coats of arms with the year of the coin, 1557: a three-crowned shield on the left, a lion's shield on the right and, below these, a vase shield for the House of Vasa. There is also another type with the large national coat of arms as a motif on the reverse. The reverse legend reads ‘BEATVS QVI TIMET DOMINVM’, which means ‘Blessed is he who fears the Lord’, one of Gustav Vasa's mottoes. The inscription often ends with an acorn symbol.
)Object number: 107273_KMK
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