Triton XX, Lot: 1426. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Holy Roman Empire. Principality. József I. 1705-1711. AV 5 Dukát (45.5mm, 16.38 g, 12h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crossed daggers. Dated 1708. IOSEPHVS · D · G · R · I · S · A · G · HV · BO · REX · (lozenge stops), armored and draped bust right / ARCHIDVX · AVSTR : D : B : MAR : M : CO : TYROL : 1708, crowned double-headed eagle facing, wings spread, holding two swords, crowned coat-of-arms within collar on breast; crowned coat-of-arms with crossed daggers below. Resch 12; MBR 2753; KM 537; Friedberg 500. VF, scratches in fields, lightly smoothed, removed from bezel.

From the Princeps Collection.