Triton XX, Lot: 1383. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. János II Zsigmond Szapolyai. As King, 1559-1570. AV Dukát (21mm, 3.56 g, 12h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1570. * IO ^* SECV * D * G * ELE * REX * VN * 1570, crowned coat-of-arms / * PATRONA * (crowned crossed daggers) * VNGARIE *, Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ. Resch 84-6; MBR 267; Friedberg 275. EF, faint golden toning, area of weak strike.

From the Princeps Collection.