Sigismund III Vasa, Trojak 1596, Bydgoszcz
Larger bust of the king wearing a crown with a lily and a tubular orifice.
A variation with the Lewart coat of arms in the shield and the initials I - F (Jan Firlej - Great Treasurer of the Crown) on the sides of the shield on the left, and the Radwan coat of arms in the shield and the initials S - C (Stanisław Cikowski - owner of the Bydgoszcz mint) on the sides on the right. At the bottom between the shields a mintmark "rose" in the shield and the initials H - R (Herman Rüdiger - manager of the Bydgoszcz mint) on the sides of the shield..
Inscribed variety with the titulature of King SIG III ... D - G ... PO M D L in the rim on the obverse and ... REG / POLON ... on the reverse.
State of preservation: 3+/2-
Unshaped disc and local scarcities, but a very nicely preserved piece. Gloss and lots of mint mirror. An attractive coin.
Recommended
Metal: silver
Weight: 2.38 g
Literature: Iger as B.96.2.a, but minor punctuation differences, Kopicki 1046, Kopicki(MZIIIW) 722