SWEDEN/GERMANY Paten (Kaiserteller) 1634-1671 Gustav II Adolphus / City of Nurnberg. VF (scratches!)

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1634-1671, Germany/Sweden. Gustav II Adolphus / City of Nurnberg. Pewter Paten (Kaiserteller).


Period: 1634-1671
Engraver (Formschneider/Stecher): S.M.
Denomination: Paten (Kaiserteller) - Gustav II Adolphus, King of Sweden.
Maker (foundry master/Zinngießer): Paulus Öham the Younger (privy mark/Meisterzeichen: shield)
Condition: Some scratches and deformations, the smoothed off details in obverse, suggest usage as an actual ceremonial paten, otherwise intact VF with much of the gold plating remained!
Material: Pewter (gold-plated)
Diameter: 124mm
Weight: 95gm 

Obverse: Gustav II Adolphus on a galoping corse, holding commander´s batton in right hand. In background below the city of Nurnberg. Engraver´s initials (.SM) and privy mark of the foundry master (shield) hidden in details.
Legend: .G.A. - .R.S. (Gustavus Adolphus, Rex Sueciae).


Reverse: Blank (engraved circles, as made) with an old paper-ticket showing the privy mark of Paulus Öham, the Younger and his period of work (1634-1671.).




A paten is a small, shallow plate or disk, used during Christian Eucharistic celebrations (such as the Mass or Divine Liturgy).



Gustav II Adolf, (9 December 1594 – 6 November 1632 (O.S.) or Gustav II Adolphus, widely known in English by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and variously in historical writings sometimes as simply just Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolf the Great, (Swedish: Gustav Adolf den store, from the special distinction passed by the Swedish Parliament in 1634), was founder of the Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden – "the era of great power") at the beginning of what is widely regarded as the Golden Age of Sweden.

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