Triton XIX, Lot: 2636. Estimate $750. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

POLAND, Monarchy. Stanislaw August Poniatowski. 1764-1795. AV ‘Solidus’ (16mm, 0.81 g, 12h). Gdansk (Danzig) mint; Fryderik Ludwik Sturber, mintmaster. Dated 1766. Crowned royal cipher / SOLID/CIVITAT/GEDAN in three lines; three rosettes above; below, civic arms flanked by F.L.-S. Cf. Kopicki 7791 (for type); MP 1249b; KM Pn31 (Danzig); Friedberg –. Good VF, slightly wavy flan. Off-metal strike in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.