Triton XX, Lot: 1389. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Zsigmond Báthory. First and second reigns, 1581-1599. AV Dukát (22mm, 3.36 g, 7h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1594. (quatrefoil) MONE · TRA · IL · SIGI · B · D · S ·, St. Ladislaus standing facing, holding halberd and globus cruciger; 15 94 flanking / (rosette) PATRONA VNGARIE (rosette) (V over A), Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ. Cf. Resch 164/165 (obv./rev.); cf. MBR 164/165 (for obv./rev.); Friedberg 295. Good VF.

From the Princeps Collection.