Sigismund III, 18 groschen 1612, Danzig

A beautiful circular piece of rare vintage. Great preserved details, scratches in the background.

Variety with a dot behind the mint mark, with balls at the top of the cartouche.

Obverse: coat of arms of Gdansk in a cartouche supported by two lions, in a rope border, in the outer border a legend beginning with a bear paw sign and a dot:
COIN-CIVIT-GEDANENSIS-1612;

Reverse: bust of Sigismund III Vasa, crowned to the right, wearing armor and cloak studded with jewels, wearing a tubular orifice, in a corded border, in the outer border a legend:
SIGIS-3-D:G-REX-POL-M-D-L-R-PR-;