Sigismund II Augustus, Halfgroat 1559, Vilnius

A beautifully preserved piece with excellent mint luster.

Obverse: in the rope rim a narrow-bodied eagle with its head heraldically to the right, with a spread tail, with four-pronged paws; in the outer rim a legend divided by three leaves:
SIGIS AVG REX PO MAG DVX L;

Reverse: in the laced rim, the Pogon to the left, below it the date 1559, in the outer rim a legend divided by three leaves:
COIN MAGNI DVCAT9 LITVA;