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WORLD COINS. POLAND. Poland / Lithuania. Medallic Gold 10-Ducats, 1592. AV, 34.2g, 43mm. Struck in Riga. Obv. Portrait of Stephan Batory to left wearing fur hat with plume, STEPHAN+D+G+REX+PO [------] M+D+L+. Rev. Crowned five-field shield with arms of Poland and Lithuania, arms of the Vasa family at centre, 15 and 92 to either side of the crown, medalist's initials H-W below. Struck using the obverse die of Stephan Batory which was used in 1586 to strike a medal with the reverse legend REX+QUI+VINDICAT, and using the reverse die from a medal of Zygmunt III struck in 1592. About very fine, traces of having been in a mount with some field knocks and the characteristic "X" in the right obverse field. Of the highest rarity.
M. Gumowski-Medale Stefana Batozego 1913 (no.29) suggests this piece to be a combination striking or mule from the obverse die of Stephan Batory which was created by the medalist M-W in 1586 and the reverse die by the medalist H-W used in 1592. The identity of the medalists is probably Michael and Herman Wulf or Winkelman, who were both employed by the Riga mint at the time. Gumowski states that the only known example, to his knowledge, was in the collection of Prince Potocki
Estimate: $15,000
M. Gumowski-Medale Stefana Batozego 1913 (no.29) suggests this piece to be a combination striking or mule from the obverse die of Stephan Batory which was created by the medalist M-W in 1586 and the reverse die by the medalist H-W used in 1592. The identity of the medalists is probably Michael and Herman Wulf or Winkelman, who were both employed by the Riga mint at the time. Gumowski states that the only known example, to his knowledge, was in the collection of Prince Potocki
Estimate: $15,000