Sigismund II Augustus, Halfgroat 1554, Vilnius

Very rare vintage in circulated condition. Residual luster in the background.

Variety with LI/LITVA legend ends.

Obverse: in the corded 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 LI;

Reverse: in the laced rim, the Pogon to the left, below it the date 1554, in the outer rim a legend divided by three leaves:
COIN MAGNI DVCAT9 LITVA;