CNG 100, Lot: 592. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BULGARIA, Tsardom. temp. Ferdinand I. As Prince, 1887-1908, or Tsar, 1908-1918. AV 4 Ducat (39mm, 12.78 g, 12h). In the name of Aleksandr II Nikolaevich of Russia. Б mint. Dated 1878. Laureate and mantled bust right with features of Franz Joseph II of Austria / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle; (mintmark) below wing; c/m: filleted crown, A 1 below; all in incuse. Basok 3; Friedberg –. UNC, proof like surfaces, a few light hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, 1991.