Beautiful, only minimally overbent ducat, no other defects. Uncleaned. Reverse virtually full mint mirror, in natural patina.
Very attractive. Well, evenly minted, especially for the wide ducats of John Casimir.
Although the 1661 vintage of Danzig ducats is encountered in the trade regularly, this is not the case with all its portrait varieties. The most common are two royal busts (Dutkowski G360 and G362). A slender portrait like this one, introduced in 1658, is very rare for them.
This is confirmed both by the archives of Polish companies (no listings in the Marciniak, Onebid, Niemczyk databases) and by the catalog for"Gold of the Vasa dynasty," where this variety is known to the author mainly from museum collections and old listings.
Gold, diameter 25 mm, weight 3.51 g.
Obverse: bust of the king wearing a crown and armor uncovered with a cloak, facing right. In the rim:
IOH CAS D G R POL & SUEC M D L R P.
Reverse: cartouche with the coat of arms of Gdansk, on a decorative console, supported by two lions. Above them a wreath with a flower. Under the legs of the lions initials DL. In the rim the legend:
MON AUREA CIVITAT GEDANENS 1661
