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3 Groats - Sigismund II Augustus Tykocin mint
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1565-1566 |
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| Value | 3 Groats |
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| Obverse description | Armored knight on horseback charging to the left, sword raised aloft in the right hand, in the Pahonia (Pogon) style typical of Lithuanian coinage. The denomination III in Roman numerals appears below the horse in the lower field. The encircling Latin legend reads SIGISM AVG REX POL MAG DVX LIT III, identifying Sigismund II Augustus as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. The die-cut lettering is bold and slightly irregular, consistent with hammered coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse field is occupied by a four-line Latin inscription in bold Gothic-influenced letterforms, reading QVI / HABIT AT IN / COELIS IRRI / DEBIT EOS, a quotation from Psalm 2:4 affirming divine sovereignty. Below the inscription, the date is divided by a crowned royal monogram of Sigismund Augustus — the numeral 15 to the left and 65 to the right of the crowned cipher. The overall composition is unframed and fills the flan, characteristic of Polish-Lithuanian hammered troyak coinage of the 1560s. |
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| Mint | Tykocin Mint |
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