A beautiful 16th century gold coin.
An early city ducat of Sigismund III minted at the Danzig mint under the direction of Philip Klüwer (with his monogram over the shield).
Mint with a trace of cross bending and a single scratch on the portrait. With very nice detail and natural background luster. Attractive for a ducat of this period.
Variety with obverse legend ending in PRVS with a lowercase S.
A difficult to obtain denomination in this condition.
Gold, diameter 21.5 mm, weight 3.51 g
Obverse: royal bust with a mascaron on the epaulet, to the right, surrounded by a legend:
SIGISMVND III D G REX POL D PRVs
Reverse: coat of arms of Gdansk held by two lions, above them mint mark, in the rim legend:
MONE NO AVR CIVI GEDANENSIS 95 (mark).
