Triton XX, Lot: 1413. Estimate $20000. Sold for $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Mihály Apafi I. 1662-1690. AR 10 Dukát (42mm, 34.59 g, 12h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1662, though probably a later strike. (leaf) MICHA · APAFI · (leaf) D · G · PR · TR ·, 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; floral spray below / (leaf) PAR · REG · HVN · D · · (TE) SICV · CO · 1662 ·, crowned coat-of-arms; crowned crossed daggers below. Resch 3; MBR 2306; KM 371; Friedberg 460. VF, light scratches, flan flaw behind bust, faint mount marks.

From the Princeps Collection. Ex Nudelman 15 (27 September 2015), lot 283.