Sigismund III, Schilling 1617, Riga

A variety with a full date and SIG III.

A beautiful piece of a Riga shilling.

Obverse: within a pearl-edged cartouche, the city’s coat of arms; in the outer ring, a legend beginning with the symbol of a fox:
SOLIDVS•CIVI•RIGE•1617;

Reverse: a crowned royal monogram within a border, with the following legend in the outer border:
SIG•III•D G•REX•PO M•D•L•;