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1 Grossus - Stephen Báthory Riga

Features

Issuer Duchy of Livonia
Duke Stephen Báthory (1576-1586)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1581-1584
Value 1 Grossus = 1⁄36 Thaler
Currency Thaler (1581-1629)
Composition Billon
Weight 1.71 g
Diameter 22.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
86428
References Kop# 8082
Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes).
, Haljak II# 999
Self-published (publisher). Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia (2 volumes).
, Fed# 635
Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia.
, Gum# 809
Marian Gumowski; 1960. Handbuch der polnischen Numismatik. Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz, Austria.
, Neumann Baltic# 16b
Erich Neumann; 1997. Die Münzen der westpreußischen und baltischen Städte unter polnischer bzw. schwedischer Oberhoheit = The Coins of the West Prussian and Baltic cities under Polish and Swedish Sovereignty. Self-published, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Obverse

Crowned bust facing right surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: STEPH : D : G : REX · PO : D : L ·

Translation:
Stephen Dei Gratia Rex Polonia (Magnus) Dux Livoniae
Stephen Báthory, with God's grace, King of Poland and (great) Duke of Livonia

Reverse

Castle under crossed keys above value and separating date, all surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GROSSVS : CIVITATIS : RIG
8 - 4
1

Translation:
Grossus Civitatis Rigensis
Grossus of the city of Riga

Edge

Plain

Mint

Riga, Latvia (1211-1707)

Comments

The exact lettering of the surrounding legend may vary.

1581 (full date):
1) STEPH · D · G · REX · PO · M · D · L / GROSSVS · CIVITATIS · RIGE ·

1581 (two last digits of the date):
1) STEPH · D · G · REX · PO · M · D · L / GROSSVS · CIVITATIS · RIGENS ·
2) STEPH · D · G · REX · PO · M · D · L / GROSSVS · CIVITATIS · RIGEN ·
3) STEPH · D · G · REX · PO · M · D · L / GROSSVS · CIVITATIS · RIGE ·
4) STEP · D · G · REX · PO · M · D · L / GROSSVS · CIVITATIS · RIGE ·

1582:
1) STEP : D : G : REX : PO : M : D : LI · / GROSSVS · CIVITATIS · RIG ·

1583:
1) STEP : D : G : REX · PO : D : L · / GROSSVS · CIVITATIS · RIG ·

1584:
1) STEPH : D : G : REX · PO : D : L · / GROSSVS : CIVITATIS : RIG
2) STEP : D : G : REX · PO : D : LI · / GROSSVS : CIVITATIS : RIGE

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1581 
1581  (15)81
1582  (15)8Z
1583  (15)83
1584  (15)84

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