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Sigismund III, 18 groschen 1622, Bromberg - PR M probably unpublished

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Sigismund III, 18 groschen 1622, Bromberg - PR M probably unpublished

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Grade: VF+
Reference: Szatalin-Grendel BD22-189, Kopicki 1273, Kamiński-Kurpiewski -

A nice, slightly off-center stamped piece.

Patina, tarnish. Very well readable details.

Interesting variant with numerous punches.

Obverse (partly after D.Pączkowski): Half-figure of Sigismund III Vasa facing right. The epaulet with two rows of helices with crosses between them. The sash contains the same type of rosettes. The four-wing crown without a cap, with two rows of jewels and three rosettes. Two rosettes are placed on fleurons, the third rosette is set on a heraldic lily. An ornate apple with two bands of jewels. The king holds a broad sword with a tapering head with two shavings. The sash is linear. The sash is made up of two or three folds of matter arranged in parallel. A bow with two ribbons and a small knot. The chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece contains chairs made of two bails, the longer ends of which are braided and wrapped inward. The flint, which together with the chair forms the link of the chain, contains a large oval gemstone from which two bundles of rays emerge, in the outer ring the legend:

SIGIS:III:D:G:REX:POL:M:D:LIT:RVS:PR:M;

Reverse: A five-field shield with the coats of arms of the Crown, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the coat of arms of the Snopes of the House of Vasa, crowned with a crown with a closed rim with six cross-shaped jewels, with two trefoil fleurs, with a reticulated background and four bows, topped with a royal apple; On the sides of the shield the date 16-22 and labrys in the shape of teardrop-shaped snails, in a corded border, in the outer border the legend punctuated by the coat of arms of the Saxon Treasurer Mikołaj Daniłowicz in an ornamental shield:

SAM:LIV:NEC:N:SV-GOT:VAN:Q:HRI:R;