A very nicely preserved Danzig orth from a well-liked vintage. Well preserved mint luster and details.
Variety with lion's paw sign.
Obverse: coat of arms of Gdansk in a cartouche supported by two lions, in the rim, at the base of the console initials of the mintmaster Samuel Berman, in the outer rim a legend beginning with the mint mark:
COIN-CIVIT:GEDANENSIS-1618*;
Reverse: bust of Sigismund III Vasa wearing a crown to the right, with the Order of the Golden Fleece on a chain of 6 flintlocks, wearing armor and a cloak studded with jewels, in the chainmail, in the outer rim a legend:
*SIGIS:III-D:G:REX-POL:M:D:L:R:PRVS:+;