Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 974. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNGARY. Matthias I Corvinus. 1458-1490. AV Aranyforint (3.49 g, 3h). Nagybánya (Baia Mare) mint; civic minting authority. Struck after 1470. mAThIAS • D • G R • VnGARIЄ •, crowned Holy Virgin enthroned facing, cradling Holy Infant; to left; in exergue, raven standing left on branch, holding ring / • S • LADISL AVS • RЄX, St. Ladislaus I standing facing, holding ax in outstretched right hand and globus cruciger in outstretched left; n and coat-of-arms flanking. Pohl K 12-1; Huszár 677; Réthy 209A; Friedberg -. Good VF, small obverse edge nick.

From the Norman Frank Collection.