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Portugał koronny - Sigismund III Vasa Vilnius
| Uitgever | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Jaar | 1595 |
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| Valuta | First Zloty (1573-1795) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Armored bust of Sigismund III Vasa facing right, depicted in elaborate plate armor with intricate decorative relief at the breastplate, the king shown with curly hair and a short beard in the Renaissance portrait tradition. The effigy is rendered in high relief with exceptional sculptural quality characteristic of the Vilnius mint. A circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait within a beaded inner border, reading SIGISMVN 3 D G REX POLO MAG DVX LIT RVS PRVS MAS SAMO LIVO, abbreviating the king's full royal titulature as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Russia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, and Livonia. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | SIGISMVN 3 D G REX POLO MAG DVX LIT RVS PRVS MAS SAMO LIVO |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The portugał — a denomination borrowed from the Portuguese gold coin of the same name — was never intended for circulation. These heavy gold multiples functioned as presentation pieces, distributed by Sigismund III Vasa as diplomatic gifts and rewards to magnates whose loyalty he was perpetually, and not always successfully, cultivating. The Vilnius mint struck them in very limited numbers; surviving examples are rare enough that individual pieces appear at major auction houses with decades between appearances.
Sigismund's hold on the Polish-Lithuanian throne was contested almost from the start, complicated further by his parallel claim to the Swedish crown, which he lost definitively at Stångebro in 1598.