An exquisite piece in a charming patina.
A variety with the PR M legend tip, with worm-shaped labrys topped with a cross belonging to rarity.
Undescribed by Shatalin in his latest study, the variety with a Type VII bust and reverse known at number 4 for Type VIII.
Obverse: half-figure of Sigismund III Vasa facing right. in the outer rim the legend:
+SIGIS-III:D:G:REX-POL-M:D:LI:RVS-PR:M+;
Reverse: five-field escutcheon with the coats of arms of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the coat of arms of the Snopes of the House of Vasa, crowned with a crown with an open rim with numerous jewels, without fleurons topped with a royal apple; On the sides of the escutcheon, the date 16-23 and labrys in the shape of snails, in a rope border, in the outer rim a legend punctuated with the coat of arms of Sas Treasurer Nicholas Danilovich in an ornamental shield:
SAM:LIV:NEC-N:SV-GOT:VAN:Q:HRI:R;