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1 Groat - Sigismund II Augustus Early bust

Features

Issuer Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand duke Sigismund II Augustus (1548-1572)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1545-1559
Value 1 Groat
Currency Lithuanian Groat (1495-1580)
Composition Srebro
Weight 2.45 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
46217
References Kop# 3288-3292
Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes).
, Gum# 612-615
Marian Gumowski; 1960. Handbuch der polnischen Numismatik. Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz, Austria.

Obverse

(en) Crowned bust right, continuous legend surrounding.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: SIGIS AVG REX POL MAG DVX L IT

Unabridged legend: Sigismundus Augustus Rex Poloniae Magni Dux Lituaniae

Reverse

(en) Knight on horseback brandishing sword, charging left. Date below, and Geminid colums dividing legend below,

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
MONETA MAGNI DVCAT9 LITVA
1546

Mint

Vilnius, Lithuania (1340-1666)

Comments

(en)

1545 - Kopicki 3288, Gum. 614 SIGIS AVG both obverse and reverse.
Pictures: © WCN


1545 - Kopicki 3289  


1545 - Kopicki 3290, Gum. 612 - Geminid columns divide date only

©  Fritz Rudolf Kuenker


1545 - Kopicki 3291
1545 - Kopicki 3292, Gum. 613 - Geminid columns divide date and legend



1546 - Kopicki 3293, Gum. 615
Pictures: © WCN


1555 - Kopicki 3294, Gum. 615

© Antykwariat Michal Niemczyk


1556 - Kopicki 3295, Gum. 615
1557 - Kopicki 3296, Gum. 615
1559 - Kopicki 3297, Gum. 615

© Gabinet Numizmatyczny D. Marciniak

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1545  (en) Kopicki 3288; Gum. 614
1545  (en) Kopicki 3289; Gum. 613
1545  (en) Kopicki 3290; Gum. 612
1545  (en) Kopicki 3291
1545  (en) Kopicki 3292
1546  (en) Kopicki 3293; Gum. 615
1555  (en) Kopicki 3294; Gum. 615
1556  (en) Kopicki 3295; Gum. 615
1557  (en) Kopicki 3296; Gum. 615
1559  (en) Kopicki 3297; Gum. 615

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