Restrike of Acatiu Barcsai Ducat

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1287. Estimate $6000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA. Acatiu Barcsai. 1658-1660. AV Tíz Dukat Klippe. Resch restrike. Kolozsvár (Cluj) mint. Dated 1659. ACHA : BAR D • G • PR • TR •, bare-headed half-length bust right, holding floral-tipped scepter in right hand over right shoulder; floral and ivy scrollwork below; all within grained right and pearl border / PA • REG • HVN • DO • ET • SI • CO : 1• 6 • 59 •, coat-of-arms of Transylvania with arms of Acatiu Barcsai in center; all within ornate jeweled frame; the whole surmounted by crown; C V flanking frame; all within grained right and pearl border. Resch 1A; MBR 2228. In an NGC oversized slab graded AU 50.