Triton XX, Lot: 1399. Estimate $30000. Sold for $42500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gábor Bethlen. 1613-1629. AV 10 Dukát (42mm, 34.76 g, 2h). Dated 1616. GAB : BETLEN D : G : P : TRAN : PART : REG : HVN : DO : ET SI : CO :, armored bust left, wearing short fur cap with feather / · DNS : ILLVM : MEA ET SALVS MEA QVEM TIMEBO · 1616, armored arm emerging from clouds, holding sword impaling crown, with intertwined banner reading CON/SILIO. FIR/MATA/ DEI. Resch 12; MBR 1214; KM 108; Friedberg 345. Near EF, die break in obverse field, thin scratches on reverse, slightly double struck, faint traces of mount.

From the Princeps Collection.