Rare Imitation of the Leeuwendaalder for Transylvania

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1680. Estimate $500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA. temp. Gheorghe Rákóczi I. 1630-1648. AR Taler (41mm, 27.01 g, 12h). Imitating a Leeuwendaalder of the Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). Dated 1638. MONE · ARGENT · PRO : REG · TRA :, armored half-length figure of soldier standing left, head right; coat-of-arms below / (inverted acorn) CONFIDENS · DNO · NON · MOVETVR · 1638, lion rampant left; quadrate stops in legend. Resch –; Davenport 4864 (attributed to Utrecht); cf. Gamberini 63 (for type); KM –; Künker 69, lot 4045. VF, toned. Rare.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Gorny & Mosch 110 (15 October 2001), lot 1701.