Sigismund III, Schilling 1601, Marienburg

A beautiful circular piece. A rare coin in this state of preservation.

The last vintage of the shilling minted in Malbork during the reign of Sigismund III Vasa.

Obverse: in a double pearl and pearl-stripe border a crowned royal monogram, in the outer border a legend punctuated by the coat of arms of Lewart Podskarbie Firlej in a shield:
-SIG-III-D:G-REX-PO-D-P;

Reverse: in the pearl rim crowned shields with the coats of arms of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, between them the initial of the mint - M, in the outer rim the legend:
SOLIDVS-REG-POLO:16-*-*01-;