Triton XIX, Lot: 2679. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gabriel Bethlen. 1613-1629. AV Dukát (22mm, 3.48 g, 12h). Baia Mare (Frauenbach / Nagybánya) mint. Dated 1622 NB. Armored and draped bust right / Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ, who holds scepter; crowned coat-of-arms below. Resch 159; MBR 1394; KM 139; Friedberg 367. EF, toned, slightly wavy.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, November 1977.