CNG 100, Lot: 998. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Sigismund Báthory. First reign, 1586-1597. AV Dukát (22mm, 3.49 g, 9h). Nagyszeben (Sibiu/Hermannstadt) mint. Dated 1586. Ladislau cel Sfânt standing facing, head left, holding ax and orb / The Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding Holy Infant and orb. Resch 17 var. (obv. legend); MBR 345 var. (same); Friedberg 295. Good VF, underlying luster. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller.