Triton XIX, Lot: 2687. Estimate $5000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Mihai Apafi I. 1662-1690. Hexagonal AV 10 Dukát (46mm, 34.67 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 69A var. (shape); MBR 2397 var. (same); KM A403; Friedberg 430 var. (same). Choice EF, faint blue toning.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, December 1994.