Lithuanian Coins of Alexander and Sigismund Jagiellons

Numismatists catalogued Alexander’s and Sigismund the Old’s silvers for a long time, even though without detailed classification. The first comprehensive Lithuanian catalogue was authored by Stanislovas Sajauskas and Domininkas Kaubrys, documenting three variants of Alexander’s penny, 39 variants of his half-groats, 359 variants of Sigismund the Old’s half-groats, and 144 variants of his groats.

By the publication of Eugenijus Ivanauskas’ catalogue in 2013, these figures had grown substantially, with 11 variants of Alexander’s penny, 36 variants of his half-groats, 606 variants of Sigismund’s half-groats, and 169 variants of his groats.

Within two decades, 2005-2025, Giedrius Bagdonas and Dzmitry Huletski advanced the classification of these coins, building upon and greatly enriching the work of their predecessors. So far, we published a series of three catalogues that effectively doubled the number of known variants. While new coins continue to be discovered – thanks to your invaluable contributions, our dear readers – it is evident that the field is nearing saturation, and the compilation of this information is almost complete. As such, this catalogue can already be considered a definitive inventory of the coinage issued under Alexander Jagiellon and Sigismund the Old in Lithuania. We plan to publish updates and supplements in the annual numismatic series “Rus, Lithuania, Horde“.