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Auction: 16005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals including European Coins from the Peter Woodhead Collection
Lot: 2224

Lithuania, under Poland, Sigismund III Vasa (1587-1632), 5-Ducats, 17.28g, 1622, sig: 3 d g: rex. pol: m: dvx. lit: rvss: prvss:, crowned and cuirassed bust right, wearing wide lace ruff and with lion skin tied over shoulder, rev. .sa: li: nec: no: sve - got: van: haer: rex, crowned shield of Poland, Lithuania, Sweden and the Folkung Lion of the House of Bjelbo (as hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths and Wends), within Collar of the Golden Fleece, crown dividing date above, V (mark of value) below (F.6; KM 27; HCz.1431 - R5), small edge split at 5 o'clock, very lightly scratched in front of face, small scratch on Lithuanian quarter on reverse, nearly extremely fine, an attractive example of this impressive and rare coin

provenance
Coin Galleries, New York, 9-10 November 1962, lot 323, $925

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Sold for
£35,000