The first issue of Gdańsk coins featuring this type of bust depicting the king wearing a tubular ruff.
Very well-preserved details. Luster.
Obverse: the coat of arms of Gdańsk in a cartouche supported by two lions, within a corded border; the outer border features a legend beginning with the symbol of a bear’s paw within a shield and the mint mark, ending with a small rosette:
MONETA•CIVIT:GEDANENSIS*1615;
Reverse: a bust of Sigismund III Vasa wearing a crown, facing right, with the Order of the Golden Fleece on a chain of five flints, in armor and a cloak fastened with a jewel, wearing a tubular ruff, within a corded border; the outer rim bears a legend beginning with the mint mark:
SIGIS:III•D:G:REX•POL:M:D:L:R:PRVS:*;
