Poland. SIGISMUND III VASA, 1587-1632 AD. AR. Danzig. 1618.
Obv: SIGIS III D G REX POL M D L R PRVS
Bust of facig Sigismund III Vasa right with armored, draped and crowned.
Rev: MONETA CIVIT GEDANENSIS 1618
Coat of arms of Danzig on oval shield supported by two lions, small initials S-B (for mintmaster Stenzel Berman) within decoration across lower fields.
Kopicki 7494.
Condition: VF.
Weight: 6.47 g.
Diameter: 29.05 mm.
Sigismund III Vasa, June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632. Was Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Polish, a monarch of the united Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden (where he was known simply as Sigismund) from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599.