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Trojak koronny - Stefan Batory Olkusz mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1580 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped bust of King Stefan Batory facing right, wearing an ornate crown with beaded decoration and a ruffled collar visible at the truncation. The effigy is rendered in a bold, late Renaissance style typical of Batory-era Polish coinage. A circular legend in Latin surrounds the portrait, separated from the inner field by a beaded inner circle. Rosette stops divide segments of the peripheral legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Stefan Batory's Olkusz mint was reopened specifically to support his military campaigns against Ivan the Terrible, with silver drawn from the nearby Olkusz mines — some of the most productive in Central Europe at the time. The 1580 trojak falls directly within the Livonian War period, when Batory was financing a series of aggressive eastern campaigns that would eventually reclaim Polotsk and push deep into Muscovite territory.
Olkusz production of this type is documented with several die varieties under Igielski's classification, making reference-matching worth the effort on any sharper example.