2 mark, Stockholm, Erik XIV, 1562
On the obverse (front) of this coin, we do not see the king's portrait as is usually the case on higher denominations, but the great coat of arms of Sweden surrounded by King Erik's name and title. The reverse is also special, with a square frame around the king's motto ‘DEUS DAT CUI VULT’ - ‘God gives to whom he pleases’. In the frame, we see the coat of arms of the House of Vasa, the vase, along the long sides and, in each corner, what could be the head and wings of an angel. At the bottom of the coin is the denomination 16 öre, which is the same as 2 mark.
On the two-mark coins from 1565 and 1567, King Erik had the coats of arms of Denmark and Norway inserted in the two lower fields of the Swedish coat of arms. Sweden and Denmark were at war with each other at the time, and placing the two coats of arms of the Danish-Norwegian union in the Swedish coat of arms can be seen as psychological warfare.
)Object number: 107382_KMK
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