A beautiful mint piece. Obverse illustrated in the catalog of D. Pączkowski. portrait with epaulet with crosses and half-crosses alone. The rings in the royal apple are missing. Rare variant of the portrait appreciated with the degree of rarity R2 in the catalog.
A variant with the PRVS M legend tip, with labrys in the shape of open snails.
Obverse: half-figure of Sigismund III Vasa facing right. , in the outer rim the legend:
+SIGIS-III-D:G:REX-POL-M-D:LI-RVS:PRVS-M+;
Reverse: A five-field escutcheon 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 4 cross-shaped jewels, without fleurons, with a reticulated background, surmounted by a royal apple; On the sides of the shield the date 16-22 and labrys in the shape of snails, in a corded rim, in the outer rim a legend punctuated by the coat of arms of Sas Treasurer Nicholas Danilovich in an ornamental shield:
SAM-LIV.NE N SV-GOT-VAN-Q-HRI-R;
