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Dukat gdański - Sigismund II Augustus Gdańsk mint
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Gdańsk |
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| Year | 1549-1565 |
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| Currency | First Złoty (1526-1572) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped bust of Sigismund II Augustus facing right, rendered in a late Renaissance style with fine detail to the royal crown and layered garments. The effigy is set within a beaded inner circle. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the portrait, incorporating the regnal date. The king's features are boldly struck, with a prominent profile characteristic of mid-16th century Polish hammered gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIGIS•AVG•REX•POLONI•M•D•LIT•1554 (Translation: Sigismund August King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1554.) |
| Reverse description | The arms of the city of Gdańsk displayed on a crowned shield divided by a horizontal bar, bearing two crosses, supported on either side by rampant lions facing each other in heraldic fashion. The composition is set within a beaded inner circle, with a continuous Latin legend encircling the design identifying the coin as a new gold issue of the city of Gdańsk. The heraldic execution is typical of mid-16th century municipal coinage of Royal Prussia. |
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