Rare in the trade, first vintage of Jan Casimir's Cracow orts.
Well preserved details.
Variety with CASIMI in the obverse legend and ARGEN REGNI PO in the reverse legend.
Obverse: in the pearl rim a royal bust in crown, armor and cloak, with the Order of the Golden Fleece, to the right, under the bust initials I-T of Jan Thamm, minter of Cracow in 1656-57, in the outer rim legend:
IOAN-CASIMI:-DG-REX-P & S;
Reverse: in the pearl rim, crowned with a four-pointed crown with 7 jewels in an open rim, with 5 fleurons, a five-field shield with the coats of arms of the Crown, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Snopes coat of arms of the Vasa dynasty, on the sides of the shield the denomination marking I-8, in the outer rim the legend punctuated by the Wieniawa coat of arms of the Grand Crown Treasurer Boguslaw Leszczynski superimposed on the shield and the initials SCH:
COIN-ARGEN-REGNI-PO:1655;
