fwo_911264 - POLAND - SIGISMUND III VASA 1 Półtorak / 3 Polker / 1/24 Thaler Sigismond III Vasa 1623 Cracovie
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Type : 1 Półtorak / 3 Polker / 1/24 Thaler Sigismond III Vasa
Date: 1623
Mint name / Town : Cracovie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,05 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SIGIS. 3. D: G - REX: P. M. D. L..
Obverse description : Écu sous une couronne coupant la légende en haut, écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Pologne, aux 2 et 3 de Lituanie, sur le tout un écu de Vasa ; au-dessous un petit écu contenant un 3 et coupant la légende à 6 heures.
Obverse translation : (Sigismond III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Pologne, grand duc de Lituanie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : *MONE* NO - REG. POLO*, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ÉTOILE À 5 RAIS).
Reverse description : Globe contenant un 24 et sommé d'une croix fleurdelisée coupant la légende en haut ; de part et d'autre 23 (pour 1623) ; au-dessous un petit écu contenant une flèche posée en pal sur un croissant et accosté de deux étoiles à 5 rais.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle du royaume de Pologne).
Commentary
Ce type monétaire fut introduit en Pologne sous Sigismond III ; ces monnaies furent frappées à Cracovie de 1611 à 1629.
Historical background
POLAND - SIGISMUND III VASA
(20/06/1566-19/04/1632)
Sigismund III, born in Griespsholm on June 20, 1566, is the son of King John III of Sweden and, on his mother's side, the nephew of the King of Poland. Sigismund III August Jagiellon was elected King of Poland in 1587, then on the death of his father in 1592, he became King of Sweden. Catholic, he lost his title of king of Sweden in 1599, and his uncle replaced him on the throne of Sweden from 1604 under the name of Charles IX. He also fought against the Reformation in Poland. In 1610, he occupied Moscow and had his son Ladislas elected Tsar; this reign was brief because the city was taken over in 1612 by Pozharsky. He declared war on his nephew, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden, but lost his entire fleet and most of Livonia. Faced with these defeats, he was forced to sign the Altmark truce in 1629, which marked the end of the war with Sweden. He died on April 30, 1632 in Warsaw and his two sons Ladislas (IV) and Jean-Casimir succeeded him..
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