Triton XX, Lot: 1404. Estimate $1500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gábor Bethlen. 1613-1629. AR Taler (43mm, 28.22 g, 10h). Nagybánya (Frauenbach / Baia Mare) mint. Dated
1628 NB. GABRIEL · D · G · SA · RO · IM ET · TRAN · PRIN ·, armored half-length bust right, holding scepter over right shoulder and wearing short fur cap with feather / · PAR · REG · HVN · DOM · SIC · CO : OP · RAT · DVX · 16Z8 ·, crowned coat-of-arms; N B flanking. Cf. Resch 473 (for obv.); cf. MBR 1865 (same); KM 204; Davenport 4724. VF, toned, light scratches in fields.
From the Princeps Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 135 (13 October 2004), lot 5512.