A distinctive and rare Lithuanian sixpence.
The time of Stefan Batory is a period dominated by small coinage - from the shekel to the trojak. Issues of high denominations, such as sixpaks, are small and sporadic. In Vilnius, this occurs only twice in the ten-year reign - in 1581 and 1585.
The issue with the coat of arms of the Lithuanian chancellor Lis Lev Sapieha under the portrait of the ruler.
A variant with the mint mark - a leaf - placed between the shields.
Variant LIT / LIT, with the leaf without the tail, and the reverse crown without the jewel and decorations on the bail.
A rare and typologically difficult to acquire coin.
Silver, diameter 26 mm, weight 4.40 g.
Obverse: bust of the king in crown and armor, facing right. In the rim:
STEP.D.G.REX-PO.M.D.LIT.
Reverse: shields with the coats of arms of Poland, Lithuania and Batory under the crown and the denomination, with the date 8-5 on the sides and a leaf in between. In the rim:
GROS.ARGEN.SEX.M.D.LIT.
