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Triton XIX, Lot: 2686. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Mihai Apafi I. 1662-1690. Hexagonal AV 2 Dukát (30.5mm, 7.00 g, 12h). Făgăraș (Fogarasch / Fogaras) mint. Dated 1668 AF, though a later restrike. Half-length bust right, wearing plumed fur cap and holding lis-tipped scepter over shoulder and hilt of sword / Crowned coat-of-arms. Resch 73 var. (obv. legend stops); MBR 2403 var. (same); KM 400; Friedberg 442. EF, faint blue toning.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1987. Reportedly ex Kress 1957.