A beautiful circular piece.
An item definitely rare in this condition.
Obverse: Half-figure of Sigismund III Vasa, holding sword and royal apple to the right. epaulet with decorative belt running through its center. Wing without rosettes. four-bar crown. apple with two jewel bands. Lower hemisphere without decoration. The king holds a rapier with two shavings in his hand. Linear sash. Wide sash visible as a series of longitudinal ruffs. Breastplate with three belts with round buttons . The narrow chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece contains links constructed of a flint containing two bails with ends curled inward and elongated pins. The two belts of apple jewels contain large half rosettes facing the shoulder to theright. In the vertical band , the half rosettes face shoulderdown. A large bow with three ribbons and two knots. In the outer rim the legend:
+SIGIS-III:D:G:REX-POL-M:D:LI:RVS-PRVS-M+;
Reverse: a five-field escutcheon with the coats of arms of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the coat of arms of the Snopes of the House of Vasa, crowned with a crown with an open rim with numerous jewels, surmounted by a royal apple; On the sides of the escutcheon, the date 16-24 and labrys in the shape of snails, in a rope border, in the outer rim a legend punctuated by the coat of arms of Sas Treasurer Nicholas Danilovich in an ornamental shield:
SAM-LIV-NEC-N SV-GOT-VAN-Q-HRI-R;
