Thanks for that information, David. I don't have a copy of
Galster.
Here's another point that might be interesting... The king's title,
REX D S N, alleges that
Eric was the
king of
Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway (the three countries were united at that time). But that wasn't entirely true. Margaret I, who adopted him as her son, ruled those three countries from 1376 until her death in 1412.
Eric was crowned
king in 1397, but mainly to get around the problem that
Denmark did not allow female sovereigns. (Margaret
had had acted as "regent" prior to that time.) But despite
his title, she actually
ran things right up to her death in 1412. Just an oddity of
history.
I've always
had a hard time dealing with
medieval Scandinavian coins (and I gather I'm not alone on that!). Can anyone recommend
good single-volume references for dealing with the
medieval issues of
Denmark,
Sweden, or Norway? (David?)
Attached is a picture of my copy of this coin.
Jim
