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Fifty ducat piece of Sigismund III
Samuel Ammon (active Danzig, 1614–1621)
Johann (or Jacob) Jacobson (Polish, active in Poland from 1617, died in 1 died in 1639)
Johann (or Jacob) Jacobson (Polish, active in Poland from 1617, died in 1 died in 1639)
Polish
1621
Object Place: Europe, Poland
Medium/Technique
Metal; gold (98% pure with 2% silver)
Dimensions
Overall: 6.5 cm, 175.8 gm (2 9/16 in., 0.4 lb.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833–1914)
Accession Number38.1036
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionFifty ducat piece, commemorating the victory of King Sigismund III of Poland over the Turks and the Battle of Chocim. Dies were by Jacob Jacobson of Emden & Samuel Ammon, Die Sinker in Danzig.
Circular. Obverse: Inscribed. Bust of Sigismund looking to proper left, wearing rich armor and chain and Order of the Golden Fleece; signed and dated under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed. The crowned arms of Poland, Lithuania surcharged with quartered Swedish shield, and central Vasa shield surrounded by Chain of Golden Fleece. Signed on each side of arms and dated in the center; signed and dated below and under sheild and inscribed at edge.
Circular. Obverse: Inscribed. Bust of Sigismund looking to proper left, wearing rich armor and chain and Order of the Golden Fleece; signed and dated under bust.
Reverse: Inscribed. The crowned arms of Poland, Lithuania surcharged with quartered Swedish shield, and central Vasa shield surrounded by Chain of Golden Fleece. Signed on each side of arms and dated in the center; signed and dated below and under sheild and inscribed at edge.
Signed
Obverse: Below to the left signed "S.A." and dated "1621".
Reverse: Signed on each side of arms. "-VE" and dated in the center "16-21". Signed below "S-A" and dated again "16-21". Signed again beneath the shield "S-A".
Reverse: Signed on each side of arms. "-VE" and dated in the center "16-21". Signed below "S-A" and dated again "16-21". Signed again beneath the shield "S-A".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed "SIGISMVNDVS.III.D:G:POLONIAE.ET.SVECIAE.REX".
Reverse: Inscribed "MAGNVS.DVX.LITVAN:RVSS:[ ]:PRVSSMAS:SAM:LIVON:ZC': [two rosettes]".
Reverse: Inscribed "MAGNVS.DVX.LITVAN:RVSS:[ ]:PRVSSMAS:SAM:LIVON:ZC': [two rosettes]".