Caption

Gdansk ducat, Klüwer, Filip fl. 1588–1601 mintmaster; co-creator, Sigismund III Vasa King of Poland; r. 1587–1632 author; ruler, Poland, Gdansk mint, coin, A round metallic object with a textured surface in shades of gold and yellow, showing an embossed central design of ornate, flowing shapes that resemble stylized animals and decorative scrollwork, surrounded by a raised dotted inner border and a raised outer rim featuring a ring of raised characters and small decorative marks; the metal shows slight variations in tone with darker golden-brown areas in recesses and lighter highlights on raised portions, and the overall background is plain white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_072

License type

Rights managed

Available size

85.0Mb (3.3Mb) / 18.0in x 18.3in / 5404 x 5499 (300dpi)

Keywords

Gdansk ducat Klüwer Filip fl 1588–1601 mintmaster co-creator Sigismund III Vasa King Poland r 1587–1632 author ruler Gdansk mint coin round metallic object textured surface shades gold yellow showing embossed central design ornate flowing shapes resemble stylized animals decorative scrollwork surrounded raised dotted inner border raised outer rim featuring ring raised characters small decorative marks metal slight variations tone darker golden-brown areas recesses lighter highlights raised portions background plain white.