Triton XIX, Lot: 2690. Estimate $2000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Grand Principality. Iosif II. 1705-1711. AV 5 Dukát (45mm, 16.78 g, 12h). Sibiu (Hermannstadt / Nagyszeben) mint. Dated 1708. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right / Crowned double-headed eagle facing, wings spread, holding two swords, crowned coat-of-arms within collar on breast; crowned coat-of-arms below. Resch 12; MBR 2753; KM 537; Friedberg 500. Fine, holed and plugged.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, November 1979.