Triton XXI, Lot: 1143. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. János Szapolyai. 1526-1540. AV Dukát (22mm, 3.53 g, 12h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Father George Martinuzzi, treasurer. Dated 1540 H F G. IOANNES * D * G R * VNGARIE *, Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ; coat-of-arms below / S * LADISLAVS * REX * 1540, St. Ladislaus standing facing, holding halberd and globus cruciger; H over F to left, crowned crossed daggers over G to right. Resch 27; MBR 22; Friedberg 42 (Hungary). EF, slightly wavy flan, dramatic attached lamination flaw.

From the Princeps Collection.