Sigismund III Vasa, Trojak 1596, Poznań - undescribed
Portrait of the king with a narrower bust wearing a crown with a lily and arches.
Variety with the coat of arms Lewart in the shield and initials I - F (Jan Firlej - Great Treasurer of the Crown) on the sides of the shield on the left side, and the sign "rose" in the shield and initials H - R (Herman Rüdiger - Administrator of the Poznan mint) on the sides on the right side. At the bottom between the shields the abbreviated date 9 - 6 separated by the mintmaster's mark "branch with three berries" (Jan Dittmar - manager of the Poznan mint).
On the reverse side an inscription in three lines.
Inscription variation with the king's titular SIG 3 ... PO M D L on the obverse - not described in Tadeusz Iger's catalog.
State of preservation: PCGS MS63
Minor rim scarcity, but beautifully struck and preserved coin. Beautiful detail. Intense luster and mint mirror. Undescribed inscription variety in Iger. A beautiful coin
Recommended
Literature: Iger none, Iger as P.96.8.-, but undescribed inscription variety, Kopicki 1032.b (R), Kopicki(MZIIIW) 594 (R)
