Sigismund III, 3 groschen 1597, Bromberg

A circular piece, with beautiful luster and subtle patina.
Rarely seen in this state of preservation.

Variety with an inscription in two lines on the reverse.

Recommended.

Obverse: royal bust wearing crown, and armor, with tubular orifice seen from above, to the right, in the rim legend with dot and colon punctuation SIG III D - G REX PO M D L;
Reverse: denomination mark III, below it coats of arms Eagle - of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Snop - of the Vasa dynasty and Pogo - of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, below it a legend in two lines with punctuation in the form of dots GROS ARG/TRI R PO 97, below the coats of arms - Lewart of the Great Crown Treasurer Jan Firlej, between initials I-F, and Radwan of the owner of the Bydgoszcz mint Stanislaw Cikowski between initials S-C, between the coats of arms a rose in a shield and initials of Hermann Rudiger;