Dear all, I just acquired a Schilling Sigismund III Riga as described in the numista catalogue 1 Schilling - Sigismund III Vasa (Riga) - Duchy of Livonia – Numista. Unfortunately the date is not visible due to a ‘double strike’, it appears to be 16??. In the numista catalogue are described several variations of the legend and for each variation the date(s) that variation was used for.
The legend on my coin is : SIGIS : III : DG : REX : PO : D : LI SOLIDUS : CIVI : RIGENS : date
This legend is not in the list of legends in the numista catalogue (unless I'm mistaken and in that case I apologize already, I checked it twice).
So my question is : Is this legend variation known in other catalogues perhaps and if yes does it allow for the coin to be dated ? And if that variation in legend is not yet known, what is this then : a discovery of a new variation, a fraud, ????
Thanks very much for helping me
Clement


My coin is slightly heavier than the 0,85 grams in the catalogus : 0,92 grams, 18 mm, Billon