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Dukat litewski - Sigismund III Vasa Wilno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1590-1591 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned bust of Sigismund III Vasa, wearing a broad ruffled collar and armour, the king's effigy rendered in high relief in the Renaissance portrait style. The royal crown is elaborately detailed with fleurs-de-lis and cross finial. A Latin legend runs along the inner border of the coin, reading SIGIS III D G REX POL, identifying the monarch by name, regnal number, and title by the grace of God, King of Poland. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIGIS · III · D · G · REX · POL · |
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Sigismund III's early ducats from the Wilno mint fall at a politically charged moment: he had taken the Polish-Lithuanian throne only in 1587, his election contested by the Habsburg claimant Maximilian III, whose forces were defeated at Byczyna just two years before these coins were struck. The Wilno mint's output during 1590–91 was part of a broader effort to assert monetary authority across both halves of the Commonwealth, distinct from the Kraków and Poznań issues of the same years.
Kopicki distinguishes at least three die varieties across these two years — Kop. 3555 through 3557 — reflecting active die production at Wilno rather than a single consolidated run.