Lithuanian half thaler forgery (mezzo ducato with false countersignature), Sigismund II Augustus (King of Poland; 1544–1572) [for the original countersignature], Philip II Habsburg (King of Naples and Sicily; 1554–1598) [for mezzo ducato]; Giovanni Battista Ravaschiero (fl. 1525–1560), publisher [for mezzo ducato]. Habsburgs (family), Jagiellons (dynasty). Features: coats of arms; royal male bust; countermarks/countersignatures; forgeries; Polish counterfeit coin. Obverse: male bust in armour turned right, rim inscription P. ANG. FR. EAP. PRI. HIS.; left in field the mintmaster's tied monogram

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