![Nice copper solidus (schilling or szelag) dated 1665, Johann II Casimir (1648-1668), King of Poland and a Grand Duke of Lithuania - Polish issue (KM #110)](http://www.numismall.com/cdn/shop/products/w36880_{width}x.jpg?v=1658281302)
Bust of King right, IOAN CAS REX, TLB below bust / Eagle with a cross on shield on the breast, SOLID REG + POLO 1665 ("Solidus of the King of Poland, 1665"). 15mm, 1.47 grams. NM. KM #110.
John II Casimir (22 March 1609 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania during the era of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Opole in Upper Silesia, and titular King of Sweden 16481660. In Poland, he is known and commonly referred as Jan Kazimierz. His parents were Sigismund III Vasa (15661632) and Constance of Austria (15881631). His older brother, and predecessor on the throne, was Władysław IV Vasa. Related to the Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire he was the third and last monarch on the Polish throne from the House of Vasa. He was the last ruler of PolishLithuanian Commonwealth bearing a blood connection to the Jagiellon dynasty, through the female line.