CNG 103, Lot: 1109. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. 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.

Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 2686 (hammer $10,000, but not paid), purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1987. Reportedly ex Kress 1957.