Triton XX, Lot: 1405. Estimate $30000. Sold for $48500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. György Rákóczi II. 1648-1657. AV 10 Dukát (43mm, 34.84 g, 11h). Nagybánya (Frauenbach / Baia Mare) mint. Dated
1652 NB. · GEOR · RAKO · D : G · PRI · T ·, half-length armored bust right, holding scepter over right shoulder and resting left hand on hilt of sword, wearing short brimmed fur cap with feather / · PAR · REG · HVN · DOM · ET · SIC · COM · 165Z ·, crowned coat-of-arms; N B in wings. Resch 53 var. (arrangement of castles in arms); MBR 2102a; KM 287; Friedberg 394; Hess-Leu 27, lot 209 (same dies). Good VF, minor marks in field, rev. die breaks.
From the Princeps Collection. Ex Geissener Münzhandlung 35 (3 November 1986), lot 898.