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Triton XX, Lot: 1418. Estimate $30000.
Sold for $19000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Mihály Apafi I. 1662-1690. AR 4 Taleri (44.5mm, 114.5 g, 12h). Fogaras (Fogarasch / Făgăraș) mint. Dated 1668 AF, though a later restrike. MICHAEL · APAFI · G · PRIN · TRAN, half-length armored bust right, holding scepter over right shoulder and resting left hand on hilt of sword, wearing short brimmed fur cap with feather; floral spray above / PAR · REG · HVN · DOM · ET · SI · CO · 1668 (leaf), crowned coat-of-arms; A F flanking. Cf. Resch 69A (for 10 Dukát); cf. MBR 2397 (same); cf. KM A403 (same; same dies as illustration); Davenport –. Choice EF. Same dies as the previous lot. Very rare.


From the Princeps Collection.