Sigismund II Augustus, Groschen 1567, Tiktin

A nice circulated piece. The penultimate vintage inferior to the Polish foot beaten in Tykocin.

Slightly deficient centrally in dark, uneven patina.

Obverse: in the pearl rim crowned royal bust in plate armor, to the right, in the outer rim and under the bust a legend with a trifoliate after SIGIS:
SIGIS--AVG-REX-/POLO+MAG/-DVX-L-;

Reverse: in a pearl rim punctuated by crowned royal monogram and Gediminas Pillars, on the sides of which the date 15-67, Pogo to the left, in the outer rim a legend punctuated by leaves:
COIN MAGNI DVCA LI;