Triton XIX, Lot: 2680. Estimate $7500. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gabriel Bethlen. 1613-1629. AV 2 Dukát (26mm, 6.94 g, 11h). Baia Mare (Frauenbach / Nagybánya) mint. Dated 1628. Armored and draped bust right / Madonna seated facing on crescent in flames, holding infant Christ, who holds scepter; crowned coat-of-arms below. Resch 445; MBR 1832; KM 194; Friedberg 364 (same dies as illustration, obv. only shown); Tibor Racz Collection (Rauch, 2 October 2010), lot 409 (same dies). EF. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.