Watch List notes:

POLAND, Monarchy. Jan III Sobieski. 1674-1696. AV Dukat (24mm, 3.50 g, 12h). Gdansk (Danzig) mint; Daniel Lesse, mintmaster. Dated 1682/77 DL. IOAN · III · D . G REX POL · M · D · L · R · P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MON · AUREA CIVITAT · GEDANENS · 1682, ornate civic coat-of-arms with leonine supporters; above, flower within floral wreath; D-L across lower field. D&S, Gedanensis, 373/II; cf. Kopicki 7691 (for type); MP 1528c; KM 72.2; Friedberg 36. EF, lightly toned, traces of underlying luster, traces of deposits and die break on reverse, planchet clipped at 3 o'clock.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Kölner Münzkabinett 39 (18 November 1985), lot 751.