A sought-after and highly prized trojak—long considered a mocking coin—in very good condition.
A distinctive coin whose obverse features a fragment of David’s Second Psalm: QVI HABITAT IN COELIS IRRIDEBIT OES. This quote has been translated as: “He who dwells in heaven will mock them,” which is why the issue was interpreted as mocking.
The coin remains an enigma, around which myths have accumulated over the years. It is said to have caused great outrage among the nobility and the clergy, and even led to the dismissal of Gabriel Tarła. B. Paszkiewicz believes that its creation is linked to preparations for the Polish-Lithuanian Union, when, in 1564, the king decided to link the succession to the Lithuanian throne with the election in Poland. The quotation from the psalm was intended to serve as a declaration of the ruler’s will, as God’s anointed one, signed with his royal monogram.
A variant with the title ending in DVX*LI.
The first trojak ever minted at the Tykocin Mint.
