Scarce silver 3-groschen of Sigismund III (1587-1632), Bydgoszcz mint, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (KM#31)

SIG:III:D:G:REX:PO:M:D:L, Crowned bust of Sigismund right  / ¢III¢ GROS¢ARGE¢TRIP¢REGN POLON 96; Various heraldic elements in fields. 21mm, 2.38 grams. Bydgosk (Bydgoszcz) mint. Iger B.97.3; Krause KM #31.

Early issue from the scarcer mint.

Sigismund III Vasa (20 June 1566 - 30 April 1632) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a monarch of the united PolishLithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden (where he is known simply as Sigismund) from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. He was the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland.