Triton XIX, Lot: 2676. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gabriel Báthory. 1608-1613. AV Dukát (22mm, 3.51 g, 12h). Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg / Kolozsvár) mint. Dated 1611 CV. Armored half-length bust right, holding mace over shoulder / Crowned coat-of-arms within ouroboros (serpent devouring its own tail). Resch 107; MBR 945; KM 62; Friedberg 336. EF, a few small marks, small test mark on edge.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 8, Sotheby’s, 24 January 1985), lot 247.