Original ducat with traces of being removed from a cup, for example. With places of superheating of the surface and traces of attachment.
First vintage of a new type of Danzig ducats of Jan III Sobieski.
With a new bust of the king, who, instead of wearing a cloak and with a laurel wreath, is depicted wearing a crown and armor, on which hangs the Order of the Holy Spirit, with which John III was decorated in 1676.
A variation with the titulature ending in a P and a broad wreath on the reverse. A pair of stamps that was not used in 1688.
Gold, diameter 25 mm, weight 3.34 g.
Obverse: bust wearing a crown and armor decorated with a lion's head on an epaulet. In the rim:
IOAN III D G REX POL M D L R P.
Reverse: two lions supporting an oval shield with the coat of arms of Gdansk. Above it a wreath of rosettes surrounding a flower, below it an ornamental cartouche. At the lions' legs initials D-L. In the rim:
MON AUREA CIVITAT GEDAN 1683.
