Sigismund III Vasa, 3 Groschen 1596 Lublin

A very nice piece, with beautiful luster.
Minor imperfections of beating, patina.

A variant with the Lewart coat of arms between the abbreviated date and the letters I-F.
Rarer variant with a lying numeral 9 in the date, graded R3 in Kopicki's catalog.

Recommended.

Obverse: royal bust with crown to the right, in the rim legend with dot punctuation SIG 3 D G REX PO M D L;
Reverse: denomination III, below it the 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 the legend in three lines with punctuation in the form of dots GROS ARG/TRIP REG/POLONIAE, below it the coat of arms - Lewart of the Grand Crown Treasurer Jan Firlej with initials I-F and the date 9-6, on the right the mint mark "lion pierced with a hook" of Daniel Koste.