Caption
Lithuanian half thaler mezzo ducato with countersignature, Sigismund II Augustus king of Poland; 1544–1572 countersignature, Philip II Habsburg king of Naples and Sicily; 1554–1598 co-creator for mezzo ducato, Giovanni Battista Ravaschiero fl. 1525–1560 mintmaster for mezzo ducato; Habsburgs; Jagiellons; coats of arms; countermarks numismatics; royal bust; Polish coin; countersignature; male bust; heraldic shields; obverse. Obverse: male bust in armour turned right, rim inscription PHILIP.R.ANG.FRA.NEAP.PRI.HI., left in field the mintmaster's tied monogram IBR. Reverse: crowned oval multi-field heraldic shield, rim inscription .POPVLOR SECVRITATI., countersignature of King Sigismund Augustus—a tied monogram SA in the rim under the crown dividing the year 15-64 1554–1560/1564. Grand Duchy of Lithuania countersignature, Vilnius; Kingdom of Naples mezzo ducato, Naples; Poland; coin., A round metallic object with a worn silver-gray surface showing a raised profile of a person facing right, surrounded by a raised border with decorative dots and raised shapes; the profile includes detailed hair and facial features and a high collar or ruff, and the object shows scratches and areas of wear.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A32_277
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