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3 Groats - Sigismund II Augustus Monogram, no shield reverse
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1562 |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Reverse description | The Lithuanian Pahonia device occupies the central field: an armoured knight on horseback charging to the left, the horse in full gallop, the rider brandishing a raised sword in the right hand and bearing a shield on the left arm. Below the horse, the Roman numeral III denoting the denomination is flanked by the Gediminid columns, the dynastic heraldic charge of the House of Gediminids. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the circumferential Latin legend in the outer border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "no shield" reverse on this issue reflects an administrative shift in how Lithuanian coinage was distinguished from Polish Crown issues during Sigismund Augustus's prolonged push toward political union — a union that would not formally materialize until the Union of Lublin in 1569. The Vilnius mint was producing trojaks in considerable volume through the early 1560s, and die combinations from this period are numerous enough that Kopicki catalogued multiple distinct varieties for the 1562 date alone.
Gumowski's classification separates this type specifically on the absence of the Pahonia shield, making attribution straightforward when the reverse is intact.