Sigismund III Vasa, Trojak 1597, Bydgoszcz - without bow - beautiful
Portrait of the king with a larger bust wearing a crown with a lily, a tubular orifice and without a bow.
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 Radwan coat of arms in the shield and initials S - C (Stanislaw Cikowski - owner of the Bydgoszcz mint) on the sides on the right side. At the bottom between the shields a mintmark "rose" in the shield and initials H - R (Herman Rüdiger - manager of the Bydgoszcz mint) on the sides of the shield.
On the reverse side an inscription in two lines.
Inscription variety with the king's titulature SIG III D - G ... PO M D L in the rim on the obverse.
Condition: NGC MS62
Beautifully minted and superbly preserved coin. Deep, artistic relief. Beautiful detail. Intense luster and mint mirror throughout. Mint condition confirmed by a very high NGC grade. In this state of preservation, the coin is rare and difficult to find on the collector market. A beautiful piece for discerning collectors.
Recommended
Literature: Iger as B.97.3.a, but minor punctuation differences, Kopicki 1069 (R), Kopicki(MZIIIW) 727 (R)
