NORWAY. Mark, 1646. Christiania Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-55.KM-27; Hede-20; Sieg-6; NMD-119; Aagaard-TC2; Schou-63; Bruun-9544. Weight: 5.23 gms. Mintmaster: Peter Grüner. Wonderfully toned and unusually well-struck example of a scarcer date. <p><em>In the middle of the Torstenson War and possibly to invoke the help of God against the Swedes, King Christian personally sketched the coin design using the Tetragrammaton (the Hebrew four-letter-name of God) as a key element on silver and gold coins struck in Copenhagen, Christiania, and Glückstadt</em>From the L. E. Bruun Collection.
