Triton XIX, Lot: 2678. Estimate $2000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gabriel Bethlen. 1613-1629. AV Dukát (23mm, 3.45 g, 9h). Kremnica (Kremnitz / Körmöcbánya) mint. Dated
1622 KB. Armored half-length bust right, holding scepter over shoulder / Madonna seated facing on crescent in flames, holding infant Christ, who holds scepter; crowned coat-of-arms below. Resch 157; MBR 1392; KM 128; Friedberg 358. Good VF, some marks, slight waviness, probably from a mount.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1979.